[Pkg-nethack-devel] nethack/debian nethack-common.templates,1.2,1.3

[Ben Gertzfield]

Update of /cvsroot/pkg-nethack/nethack/debian
In directory quantz:/tmp/cvs-serv20210

Modified Files:
	nethack-common.templates 
Log Message:
Clarify wording in templates

Index: nethack-common.templates
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pkg-nethack/nethack/debian/nethack-common.templates,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- nethack-common.templates	12 Oct 2003 15:43:33 -0000	1.2
+++ nethack-common.templates	13 Oct 2003 18:55:46 -0000	1.3
@@ -2,23 +2,32 @@
 Type: select
 _Choices: abort, backup, purge, ignore
 Default: backup
-_Description: Incompatible save games
+_Description: Should NetHack back up your old, incompatible save files?
  You are upgrading from a version of NetHack whose save files are not
  compatible with the version you are upgrading to. You may either have them
  backed up into /tmp, purge them, ignore this problem completely, or abort
- the installation pending your own special decision.
+ this installation and manually handle NetHack's save files.
  .
- If you choose to back up, the files will be random file names with the
- extension .tar.gz, prefixed with 'nethk'.
+ If you choose to back up, the files will be backed up into a
+ gzip-compressed tar archive in /tmp with a random name starting
+ with 'nethk' and ending in '.tar.gz'.
+ .
+ Old NetHack save files can be found in /var/games/nethack (or
+ /var/lib/games/nethack, for versions before 3.4.0).
 
 Template: nethack-common/recover-setgid
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Would you like recover to be setgid games?
+_Description: Would you like NetHack's recover utility to be setgid games?
  The 'recover' program is installed as part of the nethack-common package
- and exists to help the administrator recover broken save files etc.
- However, it is traditionally setgid games, although it does not need to be
- when run at boot time (as root.) Its only usefulness as a setgid binary
- is to let players as normal users on the system recover their save files.
- If you say no, you will have to run recover as root or as someone in group
- games.
+ and exists to help the administrator recover broken save files, etc.
+ . 
+ Recover is traditionally installed setgid games, although it does not
+ need to be in the Debian NetHack installation, as it is automatically
+ run at boot time as root. Its only usefulness as a setgid binary is
+ to let players as normal users on the system recover their save
+ files, should NetHack crash or their connection drop mid-game.
+ .
+ If you answer no, you will have to run recover as root or as someone
+ in group games to recover save files after a crash or a connection
+ drop.