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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add higan.
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Efraim Flashner |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add higan. |
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Tue, 7 Jun 2016 21:29:38 +0300 |
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On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 06:28:59PM +0300, Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer wrote:
> If there are no comments, I'll just push this soon, and issues can be
> fixed later; at least it builds and runs fine. :-)
>
> Taylan
>
>
> address@hidden (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") writes:
>
> > Some things to note about this package & questions:
> >
> > - There's no official VCS repo and the author doesn't want automated
> > tools to download files from his homepage; there's an unofficial git
> > repo at GitLab but I found it unsuitable so I'm hosting the sources
> > specifically for Guix at GitHub now:
> >
it does list http://download.byuu.org/higan_v098-source.7z and it lists
the git repo at https://gitlab.com/higan/higan , which only there says
its the unofficial one.
> > https://github.com/TaylanUB/higan
> >
> > Is this OK, or is there a place we can upload the original source
> > bundle for Guix to download from?
> >
> > - I forgot if there's a guideline for this: the release versions are
> > called 'v097', 'v098' etc. with always a 'v' in front. Should that
> > 'v' appear in the version field of the package or should it be
> > stripped?
This one I have some insight for. Vapoursynth numbers all their versions
R28, R29, etc. Its version is 29, with the download as `... name "-R"
version ...'
> >
> > - As seems to be tradition among emulator developers, the build system
> > and the program's handling of the file system are a big pile of poo,
> > so:
> >
> > * Is it principally OK to reuse the standard `build' and `install'
> > phase procedures a second time, just with the CWD changed, as I do
> > here?
that should be ok
> >
> > * The program insists on looking in ~/.local/share for some data files
> > that are actually installed in $prefix/share; does my strategy here
> > look OK, in that I wrap the executable to copy the data files into
> > ~/.local/share every time the program is run?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Taylan
> >
> >
> > From 707e8fc3c2ba1293693168b1d7a34e6000671158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: =?UTF-8?q?Taylan=20Ulrich=20Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer?=
> > <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 20:45:09 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add higan.
> >
> > * gnu/packages/games.scm (higan): New variable.
> > ---
> > gnu/packages/games.scm | 92
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
> > index e552d09..57f8907 100644
> > --- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
> > +++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
> > @@ -2243,3 +2243,95 @@ Red Eclipse provides fast paced and accessible
> > gameplay.")
> > license:cc-by-sa3.0
> > license:cc-by3.0
> > license:cc0)))))
> > +
> > +(define-public higan
> > + (package
> > + (name "higan")
> > + (version "v098")
> > + (source
> > + (origin
> > + (method url-fetch)
> > + (uri (string-append
> > + "https://github.com/TaylanUB/higan/archive/" version
> > ".tar.gz"))
> > + (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> > + (sha256
> > + (base32 "12snxrk8wa94x3l69qcimgm0xc22zjgf7vzhckp2lzyfbf27950v"))))
> > + (build-system gnu-build-system)
> > + (native-inputs
> > + `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> > + (inputs
> > + `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
> > + ("ao" ,ao)
> > + ("eudev" ,eudev)
> > + ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
> > + ("gtksourceview-2" ,gtksourceview-2)
> > + ("libxv" ,libxv)
> > + ("mesa" ,mesa)
> > + ("openal" ,openal)
> > + ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)
> > + ("sdl" ,sdl)))
> > + (arguments
> > + '(#:phases
> > + (let ((build-phase (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'build))
> > + (install-phase (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'install)))
> > + (modify-phases %standard-phases
> > + ;; The higan build system has no configure phase.
> > + (delete 'configure)
> > + (add-before 'build 'chdir-to-higan
> > + (lambda _
> > + (chdir "higan")))
> > + (add-before 'install 'create-/share/applications
> > + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> > + (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> > + ;; It seems the author forgot to do this in the Makefile.
> > + (mkdir-p (string-append out "/share/applications")))))
> > + (add-after 'install 'chdir-to-icarus
> > + (lambda _
> > + (chdir "../icarus")))
> > + (add-after 'chdir-to-icarus 'build-icarus build-phase)
> > + (add-after 'build-icarus 'install-icarus install-phase)
> > + (add-after 'install-icarus 'wrap-higan-executable
> > + (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> > + (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> > + (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
> > + (higan (string-append bin "/higan"))
> > + (higan-original (string-append higan "-original"))
> > + (bash (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "bash")
> > + "/bin/bash"))
> > + (coreutils (assoc-ref inputs "coreutils"))
> > + (mkdir (string-append coreutils "/bin/mkdir"))
> > + (cp (string-append coreutils "/bin/cp")))
> > + ;; First, have the executable make sure
> > ~/.local/share/higan
> > + ;; contains up to date files. Higan insists on looking
> > there
> > + ;; for these data files.
> > + (rename-file higan higan-original)
> > + (with-output-to-file higan
> > + (lambda ()
> > + (display
> > + (string-append
> > + "#!" bash "\n"
> > + ;; higan doesn't respect $XDG_DATA_HOME
> > + mkdir " -p ~/.local/share\n"
> > + cp " -r " out "/share/higan ~/.local/share\n"
> > + "exec " higan-original))))
> > + (chmod higan #o555)
> > + ;; Second, make sure higan will find icarus in PATH.
> > + (wrap-program higan
> > + `("PATH" ":" prefix (,bin))))))))
> > + #:make-flags
> > + (list "compiler=g++"
> > + (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
> > + ;; There is no test suite.
> > + #:tests? #f))
> > + (home-page "http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/")
> > + (synopsis "Nintendo multi-system emulator")
> > + (description
> > + "higan (formerly bsnes) is an emulator for multiple Nintendo video
> > game
> > +consoles, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/Famicom), Super
> > +Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES/Super Famicom), Game Boy, Game Boy
> > +Color (GBC), and Game Boy Advance (GBA). It also supports the subsystems
> > +Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, and Sufami Turbo.")
> > + ;; As noted in these files among more:
> > + ;; - icarus/icarus.cpp
> > + ;; - higan/emulator/emulator.hpp
> > + (license license:gpl3)))
>
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