Fw: [Bug-XBoard] Problem with book

[Tim Mann]

Rudy -- Maybe you have to include "-fcp /usr/local/bin" on the xboard
command line, if that's where GNU Chess 5 put its book.  Maybe the
default install looks for the book in the current directory rather than
in the pathname where it installs it.  This is really an issue with GNU
Chess's "make install", though, not with xboard, so I'm forwarding your
question to bug-gnu-chess.

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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:35:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Rudy <address@hidden>
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Subject: [Bug-XBoard] Problem with book


Hi:

I just installed gnuchess-5.07.tar and  xboard-4.2.7.tar on a machine running 
Solaris 9 with CDE. Everything ran as expected except with respect to
book_1.00.pgn.

book add book.pgn (after mv book_100.pgn book.pgn; ./gnuchess) produced 
book.dat 
and a copy ended up in /usr/local/bin after make install ran.

However when I start xboard and enter the first move the system takes
a very long time (10 seconds) to return P-Q4 to my P-K4 and seems to have
to re-invent standard openings on the fly. I'm guessing it's not using
the book, but I don't know how to "book on" using xboard. 

Could you please tell me what I did wrong here?

Rudy de Haas
www.edpstaff.com 
1-519-896-2560 EDT

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