bug#26222: [PATCH] gnu: freedoom: Avoid the need to propagate prboom-plus.

bug#26222: [PATCH] gnu: freedoom: Avoid the need to propagate prboom-plus.

[Kei Kebreau]

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Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> writes:

> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> writes:
>>
>> From reading the "dist/freedoom" shell script, it looks like it tries
>> prboom-plus automatically if it exists in PATH. Does this not work? It
>> also tries a bunch of other engines, so I don't think we should hard
>> code one.
>>
>
> In that case, we could instead leave the package as is and have users
> install prboom-plus (or future engines when they are packaged)
> manually. Freedoom's package description already mentions that it needs
> a compatible engine to run. If you think that's enough for a casual user
> to notice, I'm fine with dropping the patch.
>

I've decided against this patch, as we may have other Doom engines
available in the future. Thank you for your time, Marius.

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