Bug#693206: vavoom: Let's install the glvis utility

gustavo panizzo <gfa> gfa at zumbi.com.ar
Wed Jan 9 02:54:48 UTC 2013


> 2) The addition of "." and "/" to the "-iwaddir" parameter was in no way
> limited to Boom compatibility. It is, however, strictly needed to run
> the "freedoom" wrapper in Debian, which relies on this feature in the
> "boom" wrapper.
ok,i got that

 But why should it not be possible to run e.g. the "doom"
> wrapper with an Iwad given as a relative or absolute path name?
because i think wad files should be "untrusted" by default.

i think is best just to load (again by default) only wad files provided
by the local administrator (/usr/share/games/doom).

of course you can run arbitrary wad files using the main executable and
switches if you wish!

> 
> 3) You introduced new wrappers e.g. for doom2. Was this in any way
> arranged with other Doom source ports in Debian?

no, i used alternatives system. and nobody else provides those wrappers
(doom2, hexen and heretic)

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