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Posted June 20, 2017
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vv221: Auto-detection of the target platform is done via lsb-release. If it is not installed, ./play.it falls back to building .deb packages.

You can chose your target package format with the '--package' option, see:

sh ./play-desperados.sh --package help
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vv221: For building an Arch package:

sh ./play-desperados.sh --package arch
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vv221: -----

Starting from next ./play.it update, a warning will be shown if falling back on .deb package format because of a missing lsb_release command.
Thanks! Indeed I didn't have lsb_release installed on my system. :S
Posted June 20, 2017
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muntdefems: Indeed I didn't have lsb_release installed on my system. :S
That's a good thing, I wouldn't have thought about adding a warning without your report ;)
Posted June 26, 2017
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JudasIscariot: (…)
Hey Judas, I’m still waiting for your feedback on Arch support by ./play.it ;)
Posted June 26, 2017
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JudasIscariot: (…)
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vv221: Hey Judas, I’m still waiting for your feedback on Arch support by ./play.it ;)
Hey vv :)

I haven't had access to my Antergos/Arch machine for the last two months :)
Posted June 26, 2017
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JudasIscariot: I haven't had access to my Antergos/Arch machine for the last two months :)
Oh, is that because of your vacations then your stay in US?

Well, the good thing is that you will probably be able to try directly ./play.it 2.0.1 when you’re back, with even more goodness included ;)
Posted June 26, 2017
Hi all !

I’m improving the OS auto-detection system used by ./play.it (used to chose the best default package format).

If you want to help me with that, I would be very interested in the return of the three following commands on different Linux distributions:
grep '^ID=' '/etc/os-release' | cut --delimiter='=' --fields=2
head --lines=1 '/etc/issue' | cut --delimiter=' ' --fields=1 | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]
lsb_release --id --short | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]
Don’t forget to tell me from which distributions you run them ;)
Posted June 26, 2017
Arch Linux 64-bit
Kernel: 4.11.6-3-ARCH

The first two commands simply print 'arch', the third one doesn't work, since I don't have lsb_release installed. As you know, Arch doesn't include the package by default, and I honestly doubt many people have it installed themselves on their machines.
Posted June 26, 2017
On both Ubuntu 14.04 (kernel 3.13.0-119) and Ubuntu 16.04.2 (kernel 4.4.0-81), I'm getting 'ubuntu' for all 3 commands.

Later tonight I'll post the outputs from my Arch box at home.
Post edited June 26, 2017 by muntdefems
Posted June 26, 2017
Thanks to both of you ;)
Posted June 26, 2017
On Linux Mint 17.1 I'm getting

ubuntu
linux
linuxmint

The first one is a little disturbing, although Mint of course is loosely based on Ubuntu.
Posted June 26, 2017
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JudasIscariot: I haven't had access to my Antergos/Arch machine for the last two months :)
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vv221: Oh, is that because of your vacations then your stay in US?

Well, the good thing is that you will probably be able to try directly ./play.it 2.0.1 when you’re back, with even more goodness included ;)
Cool :) And yeah, it's because I am in the U.S. that I don't have access to my Linux box.
Posted June 26, 2017
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Pangaea666: The first one is a little disturbing, although Mint of course is loosely based on Ubuntu.
A little more than 'loosely based', I'd say. But anyway it doesn't matter for all intents and purposes of play.it, as both Ubuntu and Mint are Debian-based so it shouldn't matter to mistake one with the other.


PS: on my Arch machine, I'm getting 'arch' for all three commands (same kernel as Urnoev, also 64-bit). However, as you might remember, I only happen to have lsb_release installed because of play.it. :)
Posted June 26, 2017
On Linux Mint 18.1 (kernel 4.4.0-81), I get:

linuxmint
linux
linuxmint

On MX-16.1 (Debian-based, kernel 4.7.0-0), I get:

debian
welcome
mx
Posted June 27, 2017
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muntdefems: on my Arch machine, I'm getting 'arch' for all three commands (same kernel as Urnoev, also 64-bit). However, as you might remember, I only happen to have lsb_release installed because of play.it. :)
With ./play.it 2.0.1, lsb_release will be tried only if /etc/os-release cannot be found.
And from the returns I’ve seen so far, it might as well mean never ;)

(I dropped the /etc/issue method in a recent commit, it seems unreliable)
Posted July 09, 2017
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New ./play.it version 2.0.1 is online, providing quite a lot of changes…

The library changes, with impact on all scripts:

2.0.1

  * Test the validity of options values early in the script execution to throw
    an error before any potentially long task

  * Print 'OK' on potentially long tasks completion without a visual
    progression indicator

  * If host OS auto-detection failed, display a warning before falling back on
    deb format

  * On all distributions providing apt >= 1.1, installation instructions show
    apt usage instead of dpkg + apt-get
 
The list of scripts with new supported installers (usually new game updates):
• 140
• Aquaria
• Baldur’s Gate - Enhanced Edition
• Braid
• Crypt Of The NecroDancer
• Darkest Dungeon
• Pillars of Eternity
• Skullgirls
• Windward

Theses scripts should better handle WINE dependency on Debian-based systems:
• Anachronox
• Caesar III
• Dark Reign 2
• Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
• Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
• Heroes of Might and Magic III
• Heroes of Might and Magic IV
• Heroes of Might and Magic V

And there still are a couple updates:
• Botanicula
  Add missing dependency on libxml2
• Caesar III
  Run the game in a 1024x768 WINE virtual desktop to avoid messed up display on some large screens
• Crypt Of The NecroDancer
  Shorter dependencies list
  Add an optional icon pack providing the original game icon
• Darkest Dungeon
  Add persistent logging

Some scripts have been ported from ./play.it 1 to ./play.it 2, allowing to build Arch Linux packages for these games:
• Beyond Good and Evil
• Grim Fandango Remastered
• Jazzpunk
• Pirates!
• Psychonauts
• The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

Let’s finish with the best part, the list of new supported games:
• A Boy and His Blob
• Beholder
• Dark Echo
• Deponia 3: Goodbye Deponia
• Fotonica
• Fran Bow
• Hatoful Boyfriend
• Haven Moon
• Jotun
• Journey of a Roach
• Kentucky Route Zero
• Lumini
• Neon Drive
• Nihilumbra
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Out There: Ω Edition
• Particulars
• Sentris
• The Book of Unwritten Tales
• The Dark Eye: Memoria
• The Night of the Rabbit
• The Stanley Parable
• The Whispered World
• TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
• War for the Overworld
• Whispering Willows
• Ziggurat

Let’s game ;)
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