Need help porting eDuke32

Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

Hello everyone,

I have been trying to build eDuke32[1] (a Free source port of Duke Nukem 3D) 
with Guix following their instructions[2], but it looks like I am unable to 
set up the environment properly. I first created the following Guile script 
(omitting some version, source, description and synopsis for brevity):

    (define-public eduke32
      (package
        (name "eduke32")
        (build-system gnu-build-system)
        (arguments `())
        (native-inputs
          `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
        (inputs
          `(("sdl-union" ,(sdl-union (list sdl2 sdl2-mixer)))
            ("glu" ,glu)
            ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
            ("libvpx" ,libvpx)
            ("flac" ,flac)
            ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)))))

Then I typed `guix environment --load=eduke32.scm` in my shell to set up the 
build environment, and executed `make`. This works at first, it builds the 
following files:

https://pastebin.com/FyJKK6BD

Then it fails at this step:

    In file included from source/build/include/mutex.h:10:0,
                     from source/build/include/osd.h:12,
                     from source/build/include/baselayer.h:11,
                     from source/duke3d/src/duke3d.h:28,
                     from source/duke3d/src/sdlmusic.cpp:35:
    source/build/include/sdl_inc.h:63:25: fatal error: SDL_mixer.h: No such 
file or directory
    compilation terminated.
    Failed building obj/duke3d/sdlmusic.o from source/duke3d/src/sdlmusic.cpp!
    make: *** [GNUmakefile:982: obj/duke3d/sdlmusic.o] Error 1

Looking into the offending file shows the following code:

    #if defined NEED_SDL_MIXER

    # if defined SDL_USEFOLDER
    #  if SDL_TARGET == 2
    #   include <SDL2/SDL_mixer.h>
    #  else
    #   include <SDL/SDL_mixer.h>
    #  endif
    # else
    #  include "SDL_mixer.h"
    # endif

The second-to-last line is line 63; the compiler looks for the header file in 
the same directory as the source file, which is obviously wrong. So it seems 
like my environment specification did not set up SDL properly. Can someone who 
has experience with SDL please help me out to understand what is going wrong 
here?


[1] http://eduke32.com/
[2] https://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Building_EDuke32_on_Linux

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Hi HiPhish!

I'm also interested in packaging this!
I'll give it a closer look real soon if you are stuck.

> https://pastebin.com/FyJKK6BD

It's better if you paste the whole build log.

In the guix environment, inspect the C_INCLUDE_PATH variable (e.g. "env | grep
C_INCLUDE_PATH"), check if sdl2-mixer is in there.

Otherwise try passing "-DSDL_TARGET=2" to the #:make-flags, that could do it.
  

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[nee]

Hello thank you for packaging eDuke32!

I recently had a similar problem with a SDL package and solved it like this:

(arguments '(#:phases
             (modify-phases %standard-phases
               (add-before 'build 'fix-env
                 (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
                   (setenv "CPATH" (string-append (assoc-ref inputs
"sdl-union")
                                                  "/include/SDL/"))
                   #t)))))

That should also work in your case if you want to get quickly by the
issue and solve other problems.

But like the first reply said, in your case it would probably be cleaner
to pass SDL_USEFOLDER to Make via make-flags and then have it be passed
from Make to gcc, but I would have to look at the makefile first.

>Can someone who has experience with SDL please help me out to
understand what is going wrong here?

I think the general problem exists because in the past some distros
installed SDL headers without the SDL/ prefix leaving game makers
uncertain how to include it.

In the C file you posted the C compiler checks if there is a #define for
SDL_USEFOLDER. Depening on the defines it will look for SDL_mixer.h in a
different location (SDL/SDL_mixer.h SDL2/SDL_mixer.h or SDL_mixer.h).

Defines can either be set in c code via #define X 1
or in the gcc compiler call via `gcc test.c -DX=1`.
gcc is called from make. Usually there are make-flag variables like
CFLAGS or DEFINES that are expanded into the arguments that gcc will be
called with. They can be set with (arguments (#:make-flags
'(DEFINES=-DX=1)))
Often Makefiles are generated by configure files (GNU autotools) and
configure will insert the defines based on the configure-flags it was
called with. You would set that via something like
(arguments (#:make-flags '(--use-sdl-folders)))

C includes will be looked up in the directories of the C_INLUDE_PATH or
CPATH Shell Environment Variables. When there is an #include <file.h>
and the CPATH is /usr/local/include:/some/include/ and neither
/usr/local/include/file.h nor /some/include exist you get the error
message that you posted.

I hope some of that is understandable and helps you out.
Happy hacking!

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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> OK, some places prefer links if the logs get too large. I'll keep it in mind 
> for this mailing list.

I meant paste a link to the whole build log! :)

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Marius Bakke]

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Hello,

HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> writes:

> Then it fails at this step:
>
>     In file included from source/build/include/mutex.h:10:0,
>                      from source/build/include/osd.h:12,
>                      from source/build/include/baselayer.h:11,
>                      from source/duke3d/src/duke3d.h:28,
>                      from source/duke3d/src/sdlmusic.cpp:35:
>     source/build/include/sdl_inc.h:63:25: fatal error: SDL_mixer.h: No such 
> file or directory
>     compilation terminated.
>     Failed building obj/duke3d/sdlmusic.o from source/duke3d/src/sdlmusic.cpp!
>     make: *** [GNUmakefile:982: obj/duke3d/sdlmusic.o] Error 1
>
> Looking into the offending file shows the following code:
>
>     #if defined NEED_SDL_MIXER
>
>     # if defined SDL_USEFOLDER
>     #  if SDL_TARGET == 2
>     #   include <SDL2/SDL_mixer.h>
>     #  else
>     #   include <SDL/SDL_mixer.h>
>     #  endif
>     # else
>     #  include "SDL_mixer.h"
>     # endif
>
> The second-to-last line is line 63; the compiler looks for the header file in 
> the same directory as the source file, which is obviously wrong. So it seems 
> like my environment specification did not set up SDL properly. Can someone who 
> has experience with SDL please help me out to understand what is going wrong 
> here?

The 'include' keyword makes the compiler look for header files in
$C_INCLUDE_PATH and a few other locations.  The Guix daemon will populate
that variable with all inputs that have an "include" directory.  Running
`guix build sdl2-mixer` shows that it has ".../include/SDL2/SDL_mixer.h".

What's needed here is to make sure SDL_USEFOLDER is set such that it
searches for <SDL2/SDL_mixer.h> as on line 58.  Alternatively, you could
substitute the code on line 63 to read 'include "SDL2/SDL_mixer.h"' as a
probably dirty workaround.

HTH!

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

I have found the problem thanks to one of the eDuke32 developers. Here is the 
issue:

    $ echo $C_INCLUDE_PATH
    /gnu/store/x3r6c04n583q3fz7szm32ahycrxgfiz6-profile/include

Compare this value to

    $ sdl2-config --cflags
    -I/gnu/store/4bhz5xzr39v0kgxf3ipv6kswicrdmkk4-sdl2-2.0.9/include/SDL2

They point to different entries in the store. And the store entry provided by 
sdl2-config does not contain the header file for SDL Mixer (obviously, since 
that one is pointing to the store entry of one package instead of a profile). I 
am already using sdl-union as my input:

    ("sdl-union" ,(sdl-union (list sdl2 sdl2-mixer)))

The makefile uses the output of sdl2-config as part of the compiler flags, so the 
include path points into the wrong directory. Is there a way to get sdl2-config 
to print the correct path?

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Can you share your package definition?  I'll have a look at it, see if I can help.

>     $ echo $C_INCLUDE_PATH
>     /gnu/store/x3r6c04n583q3fz7szm32ahycrxgfiz6-profile/include
>
> Compare this value to
>
>     $ sdl2-config --cflags
>     -I/gnu/store/4bhz5xzr39v0kgxf3ipv6kswicrdmkk4-sdl2-2.0.9/include/SDL2

Are you running those two commands from the build environment?

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

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On Sunday, 17 February 2019 16:33:41 CET you wrote:
> Can you share your package definition?

Sure, I posted the abridged version in the OP, here is the complete definition:

(define-public eduke32
  (package
    (name "eduke32")
    (version "20181027-7136")
    (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "http://dukeworld.duke4.net/eduke32/synthesis/"
                            version
                            "/eduke32_src_"
                            version
                            ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
          (base32 "121k2k7ylw8dvs71mrdy7hwb1a2xd5di7jdqc20a1ml5k0n9akpn"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (delete 'configure)
          (delete 'install))))
    (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
    (inputs
      `(("sdl-union" ,(sdl-union (list sdl2 sdl2-mixer)))
        ("glu" ,glu)
        ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
        ("libvpx" ,libvpx)
        ("flac" ,flac)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)))
    (synopsis "Source port of the classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 
3D")
    (description "EDuke32 is an awesome, free homebrew game engine and source 
port of the
classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D—Duke3D for short—to Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, several handhelds, your family toaster, and to your
girlfriend's vibrator. We've added thousands of cool and useful features and
upgrades for regular players and additional editing capabilities and scripting
extensions for homebrew developers and mod creators. EDuke32 is open source
software that is completely free to use for all non-commercial purposes.")
    (home-page "http://eduke32.com/")
    (license (list gpl2))))


> Are you running those two commands from the build environment?

Yes, from within the same build environment. I executed `guix environment --
pure --load=eduke32.scm` from within the source code directory and ran the 
commands in the new shell. If I understand the user manual correctly, this 
should set up an environment in which all dependencies (inputs) declared in 
the package definition are set up, and nothing else. Is this correct?

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#!/usr/local/bin/guile
!#

(define-module (games eduke32)
  #:use-module ((guix packages)
                #:select (package origin base32))
  #:use-module ((guix download)
                #:select (url-fetch))
  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2))
  #:use-module ((guix build-system gnu) #:select (gnu-build-system))
  #:use-module ((guix build-system trivial) #:select (trivial-build-system))
  ;; Inputs
  #:use-module ((gnu packages sdl)
                #:select (sdl-union sdl2 sdl2-mixer))
  #:use-module ((gnu packages gl)
                #:select (glu))
  #:use-module ((gnu packages pkg-config)
                #:select (pkg-config))
  #:use-module ((gnu packages xiph)
                #:select (libvorbis flac))
  #:use-module ((gnu packages video)
                #:select (libvpx))
  #:use-module ((gnu packages gtk)
                #:select (gtk+-2)))


(define-public eduke32
  (package
    (name "eduke32")
    (version "20181027-7136")
    (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "http://dukeworld.duke4.net/eduke32/synthesis/"
                            version
                            "/eduke32_src_"
                            version
                            ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
          (base32 "121k2k7ylw8dvs71mrdy7hwb1a2xd5di7jdqc20a1ml5k0n9akpn"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (delete 'configure)
          (delete 'install))))
    (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
    (inputs
      `(("sdl-union" ,(sdl-union (list sdl2 sdl2-mixer)))
        ("glu" ,glu)
        ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
        ("libvpx" ,libvpx)
        ("flac" ,flac)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)))
    (synopsis "Source port of the classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D")
    (description "EDuke32 is an awesome, free homebrew game engine and source port of the
classic PC first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D—Duke3D for short—to Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, several handhelds, your family toaster, and to your
girlfriend's vibrator. We've added thousands of cool and useful features and
upgrades for regular players and additional editing capabilities and scripting
extensions for homebrew developers and mod creators. EDuke32 is open source
software that is completely free to use for all non-commercial purposes.")
    (home-page "http://eduke32.com/")
    (license (list gpl2))))
    
eduke32

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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I've looked into this and found the culprit.

>     $ echo $C_INCLUDE_PATH
>     /gnu/store/x3r6c04n583q3fz7szm32ahycrxgfiz6-profile/include

This is not correct.  You should have a ":"-separated list of store items brom
bzip2 to libxau.

>     $ sdl2-config --cflags
>     -I/gnu/store/4bhz5xzr39v0kgxf3ipv6kswicrdmkk4-sdl2-2.0.9/include/SDL2

Indeed, sdl2-config should return the path to the union, not the sdl2 package.
SDL2_mixer is missing, which leads to the error.

It seems to be an issue with sdl2-config.  Any idea, anyone?

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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For eduke32, we can patch Common.mak.  The offending lines (around line 910):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
            SDLCONFIG_CFLAGS := $(strip $(subst -Dmain=SDL_main,,$(shell $(SDLCONFIG) --cflags)))
            SDLCONFIG_LIBS := $(strip $(subst -mwindows,,$(shell $(SDLCONFIG) --libs)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Ideally, we'd need a working sdl2-config though.

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Actually, sdl-config (for SDL1) seems to be equally broken.  Both are bash
scripts.  Here is an excerpt:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#!/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/sh

prefix=/gnu/store/np2g3p3k2wsjgd3g5ly3hdabls49xyq4-sdl-1.2.15

#...

while test $# -gt 0; do
  case "$1" in
  -*=*) optarg=`echo "$1" | LC_ALL="C" sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
  *) optarg= ;;
  esac

  case $1 in
	# ...
    --cflags)
      echo -I${prefix}/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT
			# ...
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The paths are hard-coded.

We could patch sdl-config and sdl2-config to make the path relative to the
script.  That would work I guess.

It's a rather stupid script and I don't understand it's purpose.  Why not using
pkg-config?

We should report upstream.

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

Thank you for looking it this. I have done my own poking around and here is 
the idea I came up with, after looking at how some other games were handling 
SDL:

    (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (delete 'configure)
          (add-after 'set-paths 'set-sdl-paths
            ;; The makefile adds the output of `sdl2-config --cflags` to the
            ;; compiler flags, but sdl2-config gives us the wrong directory to
            ;; include. We have to add the SDL2 header directory ourselves.
            (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
                      (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "sdl-union")
                                     "/include/SDL2"
                                     ":"
                                     (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH")))
              #t))
          (delete 'install))))

This seems cleaner to me than patching. I tested it with `guix build` and it 
seems to work, but I won't have time until next week to look into it again.

On Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:19:35 CET you wrote:
> I've looked into this and found the culprit.
> 
> >     $ echo $C_INCLUDE_PATH
> >     /gnu/store/x3r6c04n583q3fz7szm32ahycrxgfiz6-profile/include
> 
> This is not correct.  You should have a ":"-separated list of store items
> brom bzip2 to libxau.
> 
> >     $ sdl2-config --cflags
> >     -I/gnu/store/4bhz5xzr39v0kgxf3ipv6kswicrdmkk4-sdl2-2.0.9/include/SDL2
> 
> Indeed, sdl2-config should return the path to the union, not the sdl2
> package. SDL2_mixer is missing, which leads to the error.
> 
> It seems to be an issue with sdl2-config.  Any idea, anyone?

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Testing right now.

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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I needed to add a custom 'install phase:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
       (modify-phases %standard-phases
         (delete 'configure)
         (add-after 'set-paths 'set-sdl-paths
           ;; The makefile adds the output of `sdl2-config --cflags` to the
           ;; compiler flags, but sdl2-config gives us the wrong directory to
           ;; include. We have to add the SDL2 header directory ourselves.
           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
             (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
                     (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "sdl-union")
                                    "/include/SDL2"
                                    ":"
                                    (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH")))
             #t))
         (replace 'install
           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
               ;; TODO: Install custom .desktop file?  Need icon.
               (install-file "eduke32" (string-append out "/bin"))
               (install-file "mapster32" (string-append out "/bin"))
               (install-file "package/common/buildlic.txt" (string-append out "/share/licenses"))))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I can merge this in your name, let me know.

Playing Duke now!

"Hail to the king, baby!"

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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There is one issue though that I get on startup:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Initializing SDL 2.0.9
Failed loading "libGLU.so.1"
Failed loading GLU.  GL modes will be unavailable. Error: Passed a NULL mutex
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This makes it impossible to use the Polymost / Polymer renderers.

Starting the game with something like

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ambrevar/.guix-profile/lib /gnu/store/j2f51lrgrpayclwfy77191jx3f6cpvq5-eduke32-20181027-7136/bin/eduke32 -g duke3d_hrp.zip -g duke3d_mus.zip
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

works.  (I have installed "glu" into my profile.)

"glu" is not in the closure of neither eduke32 not sdl2.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> guix size sdl2 | grep glu
> guix size eduke32 | grep glu
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

It seems to be loaded at runtime.
We could wrap the "eduke32" binary, but I wonder if we could do any better.
Any advice for this?

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

Couldn't GLU be added as an input in the declaration of eDuke? Polymost and 
Polymer work for me, but I have GLU already installed on my system via apt.

On Friday, 22 February 2019 14:01:35 CET you wrote:
> There is one issue though that I get on startup:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Initializing SDL 2.0.9
> Failed loading "libGLU.so.1"
> Failed loading GLU.  GL modes will be unavailable. Error: Passed a NULL
> mutex --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> This makes it impossible to use the Polymost / Polymer renderers.
> 
> Starting the game with something like
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ambrevar/.guix-profile/lib
> /gnu/store/j2f51lrgrpayclwfy77191jx3f6cpvq5-eduke32-20181027-7136/bin/eduke
> 32 -g duke3d_hrp.zip -g duke3d_mus.zip --8<---------------cut
> here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> works.  (I have installed "glu" into my profile.)
> 
> "glu" is not in the closure of neither eduke32 not sdl2.
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> 
> > guix size sdl2 | grep glu
> > guix size eduke32 | grep glu
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> It seems to be loaded at runtime.
> We could wrap the "eduke32" binary, but I wonder if we could do any better.
> Any advice for this?

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Before merging to Guix, I'd like to know what to put under "license".
The project uses a custom license: http://eduke32.com/buildlic.txt.
What do you people think?

HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> writes:
> How do you know how to do these things? I read the manual and I couldn't find
> the programming interface to changing phases. Do you read the source code of
> Guix to come up with these things?

It is mentioned here:

  https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Build-Systems.html

But admittedly the documentation is a bit scarce.
I wrote a blog post which should help with those issues:

http://guix.info/blog/2018/a-packaging-tutorial-for-guix/

Long story short:
- Look at the code under guix/build-system and guix/build.
- Look at other package definitions, they will help you the most.

Contributions to the documentation are more than welcome :)

HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> writes:
> Couldn't GLU be added as an input in the declaration of eDuke? Polymost and
> Polymer work for me, but I have GLU already installed on my system via apt.

GLU is already an input, but it is not included in the closure as it seems to be
only used at build time.  Wrapping the executable would work.

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Andreas Enge]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 05:09:34PM +0100, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
> The project uses a custom license: http://eduke32.com/buildlic.txt.
> What do you people think?

I think the license is non-free:

[2] Any derivative works based on my Build source may be distributed ONLY
       through the INTERNET.
[3] Distribution of any derivative works MUST be done completely FREE of
       charge - no commercial exploitation whatsoever.

I did not read any further.

Andreas

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Giovanni Biscuolo]

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Hi Pierre and Andreas,

Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 05:09:34PM +0100, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
>> The project uses a custom license: http://eduke32.com/buildlic.txt.
>> What do you people think?
>
> I think the license is non-free:
>
> [2] Any derivative works based on my Build source may be distributed ONLY
>        through the INTERNET.
> [3] Distribution of any derivative works MUST be done completely FREE of
>        charge - no commercial exploitation whatsoever.

also:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
[5] The use of the Build Engine for commercial purposes will require an
appropriate license arrangement with me. Contact information is on my
web site.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

for sure that license is non-free, sorry! :-(

...but wait!

http://eduke32.com/ is **pure confusion** about the licensing
information about that piece of software (could someone please tell
them?!?):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
EDuke32 is open source software that is completely free to use for all
non-commercial purposes.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

ehrm: non-commercial open source what?!?!?

and a few sentences after:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
EDuke32 is licensed under the GNU GPL and the BUILD license.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

...mumble mumble: GNU GPL version?

and the very last sentence in homepage tells us:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
BUILD engine technology originally created by Ken Silverman, non-GPL
rendering and engine technology used in EDuke32 available under
BUILDLIC.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

so "BUILD engine" is non-free but EDuke32 is GNU GPL v? licensed?

if so: can you build EDuke32 without "BUILD engine"?

are you willing to make a check for every piece of code (or folder) to
see if it is licensed as GNU GPL and what version?

sorry but it seems a little hard task to liberate that piece of software
:-S

is it worth an unconfused-EDuke32 meta-fork ala ungoogled-chromium? :-)

/me *very* sad to see such confusion... in 2019
Giovanni

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Giovanni Biscuolo wrote:
> if so: can you build EDuke32 without "BUILD engine"?

I doubt it.

BUILD *is* the Duke & friends engine; rip it out and you're left 
with the script for a game you can't play.  It's GPL though.  You 
can read the code and imagine what it would look like!

If there is a libre rewrite of the entire engine, I haven't found 
it.

Sigh[0]:

  Q: Why did you write a custom license instead of using GPL 
  (GNU's
     General Public License)?

  A: Short answer: to satisfy my ego :)
     Long answer: I know GPL is an industry standard, but I felt
     that it was way too long and boring for anyone to read
     seriously. I chose to write a nice short license that 
     everybody
     could understand. This way, people unfamiliar with GPL would
     understand their rights.

Great job.

T G-R

[0]: http://advsys.net/ken/buildsrc/

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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I am split between laughing out loud and crying :p

Anyways, it's quite clear at this point that this is not fit for GNU Guix.
I'll keep it out of tree.

Thanks everyone for chiming in and thanks to HiPhish for doing most of the work.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

Ken Silverman is an asshole and an idiot for writing his own license instead 
of using an existing one, or letting an actual lawyer write it. And in 2000 he 
didn't even have the "dumb teenager" excuse.

As for the engine, when Duke Nukem 3D was originally written the engine was 
proprietary, 3D Realms only got a compiled library from Silverman[0]. So in 
principle it should be possible to write a replacement engine that exposes the 
same interface to the game module as Build itself. A few years ago I wanted to 
"port" Duke 3D and Shadow Warrior to the Doomsday Engine[1], but back then my 
ambitions were way higher than my skill. Maybe it would be worth looking into 
this again.

[0] http://fabiensanglard.net/duke3d/
[1] http://dengine.net/


On Tuesday, 26 February 2019 10:57:17 CET Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> Giovanni Biscuolo wrote:
> > if so: can you build EDuke32 without "BUILD engine"?
> 
> I doubt it.
> 
> BUILD *is* the Duke & friends engine; rip it out and you're left
> with the script for a game you can't play.  It's GPL though.  You
> can read the code and imagine what it would look like!
> 
> If there is a libre rewrite of the entire engine, I haven't found
> it.
> 
> Sigh[0]:
> 
>   Q: Why did you write a custom license instead of using GPL
>   (GNU's
>      General Public License)?
> 
>   A: Short answer: to satisfy my ego :)
>      Long answer: I know GPL is an industry standard, but I felt
>      that it was way too long and boring for anyone to read
>      seriously. I chose to write a nice short license that
>      everybody
>      could understand. This way, people unfamiliar with GPL would
>      understand their rights.
> 
> Great job.
> 
> T G-R
> 
> [0]: http://advsys.net/ken/buildsrc/

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Ricardo Wurmus]

HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> writes:

> Ken Silverman is [insults]

This language is not appropriate on these mailing lists.  Please do not
insult people.

-- 
Ricardo

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[Jack Hill]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, HiPhish wrote:

> Ken Silverman is an asshole and an idiot for writing his own license instead
> of using an existing one, or letting an actual lawyer write it. And in 2000 he
> didn't even have the "dumb teenager" excuse.

While non-free software is frustrating (and I'm sure is even more 
frustrating after having done some work on it assuming it was free), there 
is no need for name calling. I love that Guix is a community devoted to 
both software freedom and being an open an welcoming community full of 
respect and free of insults. Let's not lose sight of one of these goals in 
pursuit of the other.

Ken,

If you would like your software included in GNU Guix, I invite you to work 
the the community to find a mutually acceptable license. I expect that if 
you choose to do so the experience will be rewarding.

For all the rest of us,

Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise, and we can have the joy of working 
on a free software replacement engine.

All the best,
Jack

Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[swedebugia]

Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> skrev: (26 februari 2019 16:41:44 CET)

>Ken,
>
>If you would like your software included in GNU Guix, I invite you to
>work 
>the the community to find a mutually acceptable license. I expect that
>if 
>you choose to do so the experience will be rewarding.

+1

>
>For all the rest of us,
>
>Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise, and we can have the joy of
>working 
>on a free software replacement engine.

What a wonderful expression,  blessing in disguise 😃 my life seems to offer a few of those already.

Sdb


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Re: Need help porting eDuke32

[HiPhish]

On Friday, 22 February 2019 11:57:31 CET you wrote:
> I can merge this in your name, let me know.

That's fine by me. You are right about the missing install phase, I was 
primarily trying to get it to build first before worrying about installing the 
files.

How do you know how to do these things? I read the manual and I couldn't find 
the programming interface to changing phases. Do you read the source code of 
Guix to come up with these things?

As for the .desktop file and icon, I'd just leave those two open for now. From 
the looks of it, the eDuke32 project has none, so they should be added to the 
eDuke32 project itself, then we can add those parts to the install phase 
later.