Bug#573117: angband: Old/Unreadable savefile keeps game from loading

2010-03-09 Thread Chris Carr
On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 21:38 -0600, Joe Neal wrote: > Package: angband > Version: 1:3.1.1.1626-1 > Severity: normal > > When I try to start the game from an xterm with no switches a window loads > with the message: > > "Error (Unreadable savefile (too old?)) reading 3.0.10 savefile ." > > and t

Bug#573117: angband: Old/Unreadable savefile keeps game from loading

2010-03-09 Thread Joshua Rodman
I'm not part of the debian project, but for some reason I'm on the list of people mailed regarding this package. Historically, angband files were stored in such a way that they could not be modified by the user, to avoid "cheating". The program was setuid or possibly setgid games, snd the savefil

Bug#573117: angband: Old/Unreadable savefile keeps game from loading

2010-03-08 Thread Joe Neal
Package: angband Version: 1:3.1.1.1626-1 Severity: normal When I try to start the game from an xterm with no switches a window loads with the message: "Error (Unreadable savefile (too old?)) reading 3.0.10 savefile ." and then fails to load. I've looked all over my home directory for the old