Subject: bug#47557: attempting to package MegaZeux

From: Leo Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:59:24 +0200

Am Donnerstag, den 01.04.2021, 17:08 -0700 schrieb [email-masked]:
> Hello!
> 
> I am attempting to package this piece of software:
> 
> https://github.com/AliceLR/megazeux
> 
> However I am having issues understanding exactly how to deal with its
> non-standard build process.
> 
> I have attached the work I have already done to this email.
> 
> Could anyone help me understand where I am going wrong?
The original issue was, that you weren't splitting your arguments
correctly.  (list "argument with spaces") counts as a single argument,
not three.  After adjusting that, I encountered some additional errors
coming from the build system/missing inputs and fixed those up as well,
getting the package into a state in which it at least builds and tests.

> Thanks so much for your time (:
You're welcome.  I've attached a patch, that contains my fixes, which
should apply cleanly to guix master.  It mostly follows Guix coding
standards, but it noticeably falls short in the description.  I haven't
found anything, that's useful.  Is there a way of describing this
package in terms of its features?

> https://bootlicker.party
That's a nice domain to have reserved ;)

Regards,
Leo
From 4667217092ae9a058a5b370295c6b913671819a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 00:45:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add megazeux.

* gnu/packages/game-development.scm (megazeux): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/game-development.scm | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index ea879568f5..f9b015be11 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -1496,6 +1496,61 @@ robust and compatible with many systems and operating systems.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/wgois/OIS")
     (license license:zlib)))
 
+(define-public megazeux
+  (package
+    (name "megazeux")
+    (version "2.92f")
+    (source (origin
+	      (method git-fetch)
+	      (uri (git-reference
+		    (url "https://github.com/AliceLR/megazeux/")
+		    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+	      (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+	      (sha256
+	       (base32
+		"0rlw2ijx5gvk09gwpl7p8vnvff6mfw3c4nbiyvw0mccbjf1zfajn"))
+	      (modules '((guix build utils)))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (outputs '("out" "debug"))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:test-target "test"
+       #:configure-flags
+       (list "--platform" "unix"
+             "--prefix" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+             "--sysconfdir" (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/etc"))
+       #:make-flags
+       (list (string-append "CC=" ,(cc-for-target)))
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+	 (replace 'configure
+	   (lambda* (#:key outputs (configure-flags '()) #:allow-other-keys)
+	     (apply invoke "./config.sh" configure-flags)))
+         (add-before 'check 'setup-tests
+           (lambda _
+             ;; Fake a terminal for the test cases.
+             (setenv "TERM" "xterm-256color")
+             ;; Also run an X server, because why not?
+             (setenv "DISPLAY" ":1")
+             (system "Xvfb :1 &")
+             #t))
+	 )))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("ncurses" ,ncurses) ; for tput
+       ("procps" ,procps)
+       ("xorg-server" ,xorg-server-for-tests)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("libpng" ,libpng)
+       ("libogg" ,libogg)
+       ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
+       ("sdl2" ,sdl2)))
+    (home-page "https://www.digitalmzx.com/")
+    (synopsis "Game Creation System")
+    (description "MegaZeux is a game creation system (GCS) created by game
+developer Alexis Janson in 1994. Originally a DOS program, in 2005 a
+multi-platform port was released by Exophase.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))
+
 (define-public mygui
   (package
     (name "mygui")
-- 
2.31.1