# stargnud/cfg - "Build" settings for package
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[technotes]
1. "stargnud" is a fork of "noegnud" 0.8.3.
"stargnud" is more limited than "noegnud", in some respects. Most im-
portantly:
a. "stargnud" doesn't support SlashEm
b. This version has fewer "tilesets"
c. Some options are omitted
d. This version only runs under Linux
However, several improvements have been made:
a. GUI shortcuts have been added -- just press F2 to cycle GUI
modes or F3 to cycle themes. You can also press alt-F2 or
alt-F3 to cycle backwards.
b. This version implements phasers, tricorders, grenades, and
nuclear weapons.
Ed. note: I'm aware that SlashEm supports grenades (and gren-
ade launchers). Therefore, grenades aren't really a new fea-
ture. However, for what it's worth, they're new to Noegnud's
Nethack mode.
c. This version enables sound-card support automatically.
d. This version has better support for older keyboards (PC-AT
keyboards, in particular).
e. Noegnud uses a "strobe" lighting effect that's interesting,
but distracting. Stargnud disables the "strobe" effect.
f. A few Nethack sounds have been added (cat meow and dog bark,
borrowed from Falcon's Eye mode, plus an "eating" sound, cat
purr, and slightly broader use of the existing "landmine"
sound).
g. The Abigabi tileset images have been sharpened slightly and
some image-file names have been corrected (the filename ex-
tensions were wrong).
h. Some additional bugs have been fixed, including a few crash-
es.
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2. As of 2007, the official "noegnud" web site seemed to have disap-
peared. Note: The "noegnud" web page at Sourceforge wasn't the offici-
al site. The original author discontinued his association with Source-
forge circa 2004.
Therefore, there's no official URL for the original "noegnud" source
tarball that we started with. However, you should be able to get a
copy of the original tarball from the same place that you obtained the
modified version.
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3. "stargnud" is based on a version of "noegnud" that was apparently
distributed under the Nethack General Public License. However, this
isn't 100% clear, and this assertion shouldn't be treated as legal ad-
vice.
Circa 2004, the original author proposed switching the code to a spe-
cial license. There were objections to the new license, and it ap-
pears that the switch didn't take place (in 2004, at least). There-
fore, the old license probably applies to the copy that we started
with (it's a 2004 version).
Note: These notes only apply to 2004 versions of "noegnud". The
original author released at least one version of "noegnud" after
2004 (i.e., "noegnud" 0.8.4). However, due to the disappearance of the
official website, nothing is known about the license used for that
version.
For more information, try Wikipedia. As of early 2007, there was a
Wikipedia entry for "noegnud" that discusses license issues in greater
detail.
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4. "stargnud" (like "noegnud") is essentially a GUI wrapper that runs
on top of core program(s) (e.g., "nethack"). The original "noegnud"
source package didn't include the core-program source code. Instead,
it downloaded the source code from Sourceforge automatically at
"build" time.
This version includes source code for the (single) variant supported;
i.e., the new source tarball is self-contained. Specifically, the sou-
rce tree includes an embedded tarball named "nethack-343-src.tgz",
which contains the source code for Nethack 3.4.3. The latter tarball
was obtained originally from:
http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nethack/\
nethack-343-src.tgz
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5. "stargnud" adds a startup wrapper to the existing GUI. The startup
wrapper is a simple "gtk2-perl" script which executes a dialog box.
The dialog box explains a few issues (the exact number depends on the
local system). For more information, see the files "readme.txt" and
"stargnud.wrapper" provided in the source tree.
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6. This package can't set "exepack = yes", because the package's main
executable requires a special attribute, and the distro's executable
compressor (upx) doesn't support special attributes. However, the exe-
cutable is fairly large, so compression is a good idea. Therefore, the
"build" block used compresses the executable directly. As a workaro-
und, we remove the special attribute, run "upx", and restore the at-
tribute afterwards.
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7. In theory, if you're a Nethack expert, you can add new objects to
the game. However, this version requires some extra steps (beyond the
usual modifications). For more information, see the # "readme.txt"
file provided in the source tree.
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8. As of early 2008, the sizes of this distro's versions of "stargnud"
were as follows:
Normal hard-disk copy = 76 MB
LiveDistro "squashfs" copy = 59 MB
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[buildtimes]
00.01 hours (or 000.57 minutes) - Dell Inspiron 6400 2.0 GHz Intel Duo
7200 2GB RAM
00.02 hours (or 001.28 minutes) - ThinkPad E540 i7 4x2 16GB RAM
00.11 hours (or 006.37 minutes) - Compaq 1.7 GHz Intel Pentium 4 512MB
RAM
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[settings]
altpkg = yes
ldbefore = -lm -lc
configure = none
license = See "technotes" in "cfg" file
setup = boot
setpaths = xorg
tmpsize = 141M
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[depends]
alsa
cpancore
jpeg
ncurses
sdl
slang
xorg
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[build]
DIR=`pwd`/variants/nethack-3.4.3/include
export LACINCDIRS=$DIR:$LACINCDIRS
SPCMISC=$PKGDIR_SPECIAL/misc
cd wrapper
WRAPDIR=`pwd`
cd ..
for x in \
data/sound/nhs.nethackrc \
variants/Makefile \
variants/diffs/*.patch
do
sed -e "s|/opt/stargnud|$PKGDIR_PROD|g" -i $x
done
cd variants
make spotless
make nh343
make install_nh343
make install_data
EXEFILE=noegnud-0.8.0-nethack-3.4.3
cd $PKGDIR_PROD/lib/noegnud-0.8.0/nethack-3.4.3/
chmod 755 $EXEFILE
upx --lzma $EXEFILE
chmod g+s $EXEFILE
cd $PKGDIR_PROD/bin
sed -e "s|^MAXNROFPLAYERS=.*|MAXNROFPLAYERS=20|" \
-i noegnud-nethack-3.4.3
ln -nsf noegnud-nethack-3.4.3 stargnud.bin
cp -p $WRAPDIR/stargnud.wrapper stargnud
chmod 755 stargnud
ln -nsf stargnud noegnud
cd ..
mkdir -p misc
cp -p $WRAPDIR/*.png misc/
cp -p $SPCMISC/Rob_Balder_-_* misc/
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[postbuild]
BINDIR=$PKGDIR_PROD/bin
PROGBASE=stargnud
cd $BINDIR
mv $PROGBASE $PROGBASE-menu
sed -e "s|__META_LACUTIL__|$SYSDIR_LACUTIL|g" \
-e "s|__META_PREFIX__|$PKGDIR_PROD|g" \
-e "s|__META_PRODTREE__|$PRODTREE|g" \
< $PKGDIR_SPECIAL/wrappers/$PROGBASE.wrapper.in \
> $PROGBASE
chmod 755 $PROGBASE
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[setup.boot]
# Remove old "lock" files
rm -f $PKGDIR_PROD/lib/noegnud-*/nethack-*/alock.*
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# Original URLs. These URLs were valid at one point, but may have died
# since then. If you download newer versions of tarballs [etc.], don't
# delete the original versions, as you may not be able to replace
# them.
[urls]
url_debian = none
url_home = none # See "technotes" in "cfg" file
url_lfs = none
url_tarball = none # See "technotes" in "cfg" file