05-24-2012
Thanks for the reminder.
We need to insure that, since we removed the arcade/game section (for security reasons), we need to insure the Bits wording is updated.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
game-data-packager
game-data-packager(6) Games Manual game-data-packager(6)
NAME
game-data-packager - build a .deb of game data
SYNOPSIS
game-data-packager [ -i ] [ -d out-directory [ -n ] ] game [ game-options ]
DESCRIPTION
Many open-source games require game data which is licensed incompatibly with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. game-data-packager is a
tool designed to help you locally assemble Debian packages containing such game data from CD-ROMs, the Internet or elsewhere.
OPTIONS
-i attempt to install the generated Debian package via dpkg(1) and su(1)
-d out-directory
writes the generated Debian package to the specified directory.
-n Do not attempt to install the generated Debian package. This option must be used in conjunction with -d.
game The game being packaged. Running game-data-packager without arguments will display a list of valid games. Running game-data-packager
with just the game and no further arguments will display a list of valid options for that game.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1), su(1)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2010 Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
Thanks to Branden Robinson for his 'Write the Fine Manual' presentation, once found at <http://people.debian.org/~branden/talks/wtfm/>
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