* An example of supporting legacy applications using dosbox ;-)

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=6895

2 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/games/keen4/builder.sh b/pkgs/games/keen4/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb7643f04648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/keen4/builder.sh
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+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out/share/keen4
+unzip -j $dist -d $out/share/keen4
+
+ensureDir $out/bin
+cat > $out/bin/keen4 <<EOF
+#! $SHELL -e
+if test -z "\$HOME"; then
+    echo "HOME directory not set"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Game wants to write in the current directory, but of course we can't
+# let it write in the Nix store.  So create symlinks to the game files
+# in ~/.keen4 and execute game from there.
+mkdir -p \$HOME/.keen4
+cd \$HOME/.keen4
+
+ln -sf $out/share/keen4/* .
+
+dosbox ./KEEN4E.EXE -fullscreen -exit || true
+
+# Cleanup the symlinks.
+for i in *; do
+    if test -L "\$i"; then
+        rm "\$i"
+    fi
+done
+EOF
+chmod +x $out/bin/keen4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/games/keen4/default.nix b/pkgs/games/keen4/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/games/keen4/default.nix
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+{stdenv, fetchurl, dosbox, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "keen4";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  dist = /home/eelco/keen4.zip;
+
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+
+  inherit dosbox;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Commander Keen Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle";
+  };
+}