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24.0.50; "games" user is hardcoded in build system

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 7717-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7717: 24.0.50; "games" user is hardcoded in build system
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:14:07 +0800

Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org> writes:

> The build system of Emacs currently hardcodes the "games" user that is
> used for shared score files in ${localstatedir}. While usage of that
> account name may be widespread, it is not universal. For example, in
> Gentoo the name is configurable.
>
> Since a variable "gameuser" and the autoconf plumbing for it already
> exist, the only missing piece is a configure option. See attached
> patch.

Looks reasonable.  Committed to trunk; thanks.

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