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Move some autotools files to where configure can find them. rogue5 uses config.guess and config.sub to find the canonical system names. The configure script expects them to be in the same directory as install-sh. So they have been relocated to the top level. This is a quick and dirty fix. The eventual plan is to relocate them to /dev/null. I also suspect they should be used to set HOST, not TARGET. Rogue is not a cross-compiler.
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1 This is the source for the Roguelike Gallery's versions of Rogue and other
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2 early roguelike games.
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4 The code was obtained from the Roguelike Restoration Project
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5 (rogue.rogueforge.net). Modifications have been made mainly for compatibility
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6 with the dgamelaunch online play system. Some bugs have also been fixed, and
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7 the build process slightly improved. The essential flavor of a codebase half
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8 as old as stored-program computing machinery remains unchanged.
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10 Advanced Rogue 7 and XRogue were recently added and are still in an
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11 experimental state.
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13 To install on Unix (including OS X):
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15 If you checked out the source from Mercurial, run 'autoreconf' first.
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17 Build by running './configure' and then 'make'. If you just want to play the
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18 game from your own user account, 'configure' won't need any options. The
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19 games will keep the high score lists in whatever directory you run them from.
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21 For a multi-user installation, you will need to set the '--enable-setgid',
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22 '--enable-savedir', '--enable-scorefile', and '--enable-logfile' options. Run
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23 'make install' after building.
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25 There are other possible options; run './configure --help' for a full list.
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27 To install on Windows:
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29 Use the included Visual Studio solution files. Warning: they have not been
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30 tested recently.
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32 You can also build on Windows using MinGW. Make sure pdcurses is installed.
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33 You will have to go into the '/lib' folder and copy 'libpdcurses.a' to
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34 'libcurses.a', and 'libpdcurses.dll.a' to 'libcurses.dll.a'; this should get
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35 fixed soon.
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37 It is recommended to run 'configure' with the '--disable-logfile' option, and
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38 'make' with the 'LDFLAGS=-static' option.
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40 The games should all build with MinGW and run, but Super-Rogue has problems
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41 with restoring saved games.
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43 See the individual games' subdirectories for further documentation. Some of
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44 the manpages may be outdated, but the guides to playing should be accurate.
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46 The games can be played via SSH or the Web at rlgallery.org.
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48 Bugs:
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50 The original authors claimed that the list of bugs was "probably infinite". If
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51 you encounter one of these, please report it on the bug tracker at
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52 https://bitbucket.org/ElwinR/rl.