NetHack tries to modify its state files in the store and none of its easily patchable directory variables allow anything different. NetHack also doesn't allow a ~/.nethack directory to be created in the user's directory upon running. Does anyone have any ideas or other packages that do this sort of thing?
Guix package definition: http://paste.lisp.org/display/317004 The patch that the package definition searches for is attached. -- Kei (GPG Key: 4096R/E6A5EE3C19467A0D)
diff -u -r nethack-3.6.0.orig/include/unixconf.h
nethack-3.6.0/include/unixconf.h
--- nethack-3.6.0.orig/include/unixconf.h 2016-05-27 17:20:03.062318307
-0400
+++ nethack-3.6.0/include/unixconf.h 2016-05-27 17:55:06.332509906 -0400
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
#define NETWORK /* if running on a networked system */
/* e.g. Suns sharing a playground through NFS */
/* #define SUNOS4 */ /* SunOS 4.x */
-/* #define LINUX */ /* Another Unix clone */
+#define LINUX /* Another Unix clone */
/* #define CYGWIN32 */ /* Unix on Win32 -- use with case sensitive defines */
/* #define GENIX */ /* Yet Another Unix Clone */
/* #define HISX */ /* Bull Unix for XPS Machines */
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
/* #define COMPRESS_OPTIONS "-q" */
#endif
-#define FCMASK 0660 /* file creation mask */
+#define FCMASK 0666 /* file creation mask */
/* fcntl(2) is a POSIX-portable call for manipulating file descriptors.
* Comment out the USE_FCNTL if for some reason you have a strange
Only in nethack-3.6.0/include: unixconf.h~
diff -u -r nethack-3.6.0.orig/sys/unix/Makefile.src
nethack-3.6.0/sys/unix/Makefile.src
--- nethack-3.6.0.orig/sys/unix/Makefile.src 2016-05-27 17:20:03.082318966
-0400
+++ nethack-3.6.0/sys/unix/Makefile.src 2016-05-27 17:42:47.183397931 -0400
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
# if you get setcgtty() warnings during execution, you are feeding gcc
# a non-ANSI <sys/ioctl.h> -- either run fixincludes on it or use
# -traditional in CFLAGS
-# CC = gcc
+CC = gcc
#
# For Bull DPX/2 systems at B.O.S. 2.0 or higher use the following:
#
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
# WINTTYLIB = -ltermcap
# WINTTYLIB = -lcurses
# WINTTYLIB = -lcurses16
-# WINTTYLIB = -lncurses
+WINTTYLIB = -lncurses
#WINTTYLIB = -ltermlib
#
# libraries for X11
diff -u -r nethack-3.6.0.orig/sys/unix/Makefile.utl
nethack-3.6.0/sys/unix/Makefile.utl
--- nethack-3.6.0.orig/sys/unix/Makefile.utl 2016-05-27 17:20:03.082318966
-0400
+++ nethack-3.6.0/sys/unix/Makefile.utl 2016-05-27 20:01:54.605040799 -0400
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
# if you are using gcc as your compiler,
# uncomment the CC definition below if it's not in your environment
-# CC = gcc
+CC = gcc
#
# For Bull DPX/2 systems at B.O.S. 2.0 or higher use the following:
#
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@
# yacc/lex programs to use to generate *_comp.h, *_lex.c, and *_yacc.c.
# if, instead of yacc/lex you have bison/flex, comment/uncomment the following.
-YACC = yacc
-LEX = lex
-# YACC = bison -y
+# YACC = yacc
+# LEX = lex
+YACC = bison -y
# YACC = byacc
-# LEX = flex
+LEX = flex
# these are the names of the output files from YACC/LEX. Under MS-DOS
# and similar systems, they may differ
Only in nethack-3.6.0/sys/unix: Makefile.utl~
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