nixpkgs/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/df_permission
Russell O'Connor cb72dd1ba8 Dwarf Fortress
The wrapper script works by creating an image of the distribution in the users home directory
(defaulting to $HOME/.config/df_linux).  This is done because the program expects to write
state into it's own distribution.

Better ideas are welcome!

What further is needed is to allow users to configure the init.  One way is to use nix-config
to apply patches to the init.txt file, though this would break sharing of the package between
different users.


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From tarn.adams@gmail.com Sat Oct 30 00:56:16 2010
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:56:15 -0800
From: Tarn Adams <tarn.adams@gmail.com>
To: roconnor@theorem.ca
Subject: Re: Dwarf Fortress Redistribution for NixOS
Sure, that redistribution is fine. I think I've handled the movie
issue for next time now. Thanks for the heads up on that.
Tarn
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:56 AM, <roconnor@theorem.ca> wrote:
> I'd like to distribute a *slightly* modified version of Dwarf Fortress which
> is needed to run it under the NixOS distribution of Linux (see
> <http://nixos.org/>
>
> Modification: The interpreter location /lib/ld-linux.so.2 in
> lib/Dwarf_Fortress is replaced with the location of ld-linux.so.2 under the
> NixOS distribution (which is currently
> /nix/store/l8x3fdy1r6zf441vnqa87lzsvxrjbdz9-glibc-2.11.1/lib/ld-linux.so.2
> but might change at a later date to something similar).
>
> I don't need you to recompile Dwarf Fortress.  I can patch the binary itself
> using patchelf.  I just would like your permission to redistrubute this
> modified binary.
>
> Thanks, I'm looking forward to trying out your game and letting other Nix
> users try it out too.
>
> P.S. the inital_movies are open in read/write mode instead of read-only mode
> which causes some issues under NixOS because the inital_movies are stored
> read-only.  I have a workaround, but you may want to consider opening these
> files in read-only mode.
>
> --
> Russell O'Connor                                      <http://r6.ca/>
> ``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
> Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
> ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''
>