Bug#1023578: nethack-common: please #define DUMPLOG

[Ian Charlesworth]

Package: nethack-common
Version: 3.6.6-3+b1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Could you please add the compile flag DUMPLOG? This enables logs to be
dumped at the end of a game, showing information like the final screen.
The compile option DUMPLOG_FILE might also need a reasonable default; I
think in previous versions (3.4.*) there was a patch added which saved
things in /var/games/nethack/dumps by default.

I notice that the current nethack lists end-of-game disclosure files as
not supported, so (I believe!) this is not just a case of me
mis-configuring:

$ nethack --showpaths
Variable playground locations:
[hackdir ]="not set"
[leveldir ]="not set"
[savedir ]="not set"
[bonesdir ]="not set"
[datadir ]="not set"
[scoredir ]="/var/games/nethack/"
[lockdir ]="not set"
[sysconfdir]="not set"
[configdir ]="not set"
[troubledir]="not set"
/usr/lib/games/nethack/nethack-console's system configuration file (in sysconfdir):
"/etc/nethack/sysconf"
The loadable symbols file:
"/usr/lib/games/nethack/symbols"
Basic data files (in datadir) are collected inside:
"nhdat"
No end-of-game disclosure file (not supported).
Your personal configuration file (in configdir):
"/home/********/.nethackrc"


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (550, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.19.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nethack-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.79
ii libc6 2.35-4

Versions of packages nethack-common recommends:
ii nethack-console 3.6.6-3+b1

nethack-common suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/nethack/sysconf changed:
WIZARDS=root games
EXPLORERS=*
GENERICUSERS=play player game games nethack nethacker
MAXPLAYERS=10
DUMPLOGFILE=/tmp/nethack.%n.%d.log
GDBPATH=/usr/bin/gdb
GREPPATH=/bin/grep
PANICTRACE_GDB=1
PANICTRACE_LIBC=2
OPTIONS=disclose:ni ya yv yg yc yo


-- debconf information:
* nethack-common/recover-setgid: true