Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add dosbox x86 emulator.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Paul van der Walt <address@hidden> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/games.scm (dosbox): New variable.

[...]

> +    (name "dosbox")
> +    (version "0.74")

Rather 0.74.svn3947 or similar.

> +    (source (origin
> +              (method svn-fetch)
> +              (uri (svn-reference
> +                    (url 
> "http://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk/";)
> +                    (revision 3947)))
> +              ;; Using SVN head, since the last release (2010) is 
> incompatible
> +              ;; with GCC5 (see
> +              ;; <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624976>).

Sure, but we’re currently building with GCC 4.9.  :-)  Anyway, we’ll have
the problem sooner or later, so this is probably wise.

> +    (description "DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library.  DOSBox

“the SDL library”

> +    (license license:gpl3)))

According to dosbox-0.74.tar.gz, it’s GPLv2+, not GPLv3-only.  Could you
double check?

Thanks!

Ludo’.