Re: powwow (possibly only manpages / (arguments) question)

[Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>]

Nils Gillmann <niasterisk@grrlz.net> writes:

> However, weird enough, during compilation on guix (second output)
> I encounter an interactive part.

I’d just patch out the line that’s responsible for “Press ENTER to
continue...”.

> I guess the real question is, does the guix definition look
> alright in (arguments)? description and synop. will be changed.

[...]

> (define-public powwow
>   (package
>     (name "powwow")
>     (version "1.2.5")

That’s not the latest version.  Seems that 1.2.14 is the latest.  1.2.5
was released in 2003, 1.2.14 was released in 2010.

>     (source (origin
>               (method url-fetch)
>               (uri (string-append "http://lavachat.symlynx.com/unix/powwow-"
>                                   version ".tar.gz"))
>               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
>               (sha256
>                (base32
>                 "1yxhql9m6403gddpnqm9z5nnd5q4khq74h1wdxlhhdpxzp2cdfid"))))
>     (build-system gnu-build-system)
>     (arguments
>      `(#:make-flags
>        '("CC=gcc" "CDEFS=-DUSE_REGEXP" "LDFLAGS=-lncurses")
>        #:tests? #f

You should state why tests are disabled.  Are they broken?  Or do they
simply not exist?

>        #:phases
>        (modify-phases %standard-phases
>          (delete 'configure)
>          ;;(delete 'build)
>          ;;(delete 'check)

Remove these commented lines

>          (replace
>              'install

Pull the “'install” onto the same line as “(replace”.

>            (lambda* (#:key outputs inputs #:allow-other-keys)
>              (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
>                     (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
>                     (doc (string-append out "/share/doc/powwow")))
>                     ;;(doc (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "doc")
>                                         ;;"/share/doc/lispf4"))

Also remove the commented stuff.

>                (install-file "catrw" bin)
>                (install-file "powwow" bin)
>                (install-file "movie" bin)
>                (install-file "movie2ascii" bin)
>                (install-file "movie_play" bin)

How about

    (for-each (cut install-file <> bin)
              '("catrw" "powwow" "movie" "movie2ascii" "movie_play"))

>                (install-file "README" doc)
>                (install-file "README.follow" doc)
>                (install-file "README.term" doc)
>                (install-file "powwow.doc" doc)
>                (install-file "powwow.help" doc)
>                (install-file "Compile.how" doc)
>                (install-file "Config.demo" doc)
>                (install-file "COPYING" doc)
>                (install-file "Changelog" doc)
>                (install-file "powwow.6" doc))

Likewise:

    (for-each (cut install-file <> doc)
              '("README"
                "README.follow"
                "README.term"
                ...))

You may need to (use-modules (srfi srfi-26)), which provides the
immensely useful “cut”.


>              #t)))))
>     (home-page "http://lavachat.symlynx.com/unix/")
>     (synopsis "POWWOW is a MUD client and enhanced telnet client")
>     (description
>      "POWWOW is a MUD client which can be used as an enhanced telnet client.
> Additional configs can be found at http://lavachat.symlynx.com/unix/")
>     (license license:gpl2)))

I don’t think the license is correct.  Some files are placed under
public domain (e.g. “catrw.c” or “movie_play.c”), yet others are placed
under GPLv2+ (e.g. “cmd.c”).  You should probably do something like
this:

    ;; The following files are in the public domain:
    ;;   catrw.c, movie_play.c, ...
    (license (list license:gpl2+ license:public-domain))


~~ Ricardo