Re: Tower of Brahma

[Nandakumar Edamana <nandakumar@nandakumar.co.in>]

Hi,


On Sunday 12 November 2017 08:57 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for the second time - please reply to list.
Sorry, handling too many mails today, pressing buttons unconsciously.
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:23:08 +0530
> Nandakumar Edamana <nandakumar@nandakumar.co.in> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the Wiki link and credits! I now see the bug is fixed.
> You are welcome. Don't refer to Wikipedia simply as "Wiki" though - see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki .
That's correct. But I was replying to a message that contains the term 
"Wikipedia". If I was writing an original message, I wouldn't have done 
that. In both cases, I wouldn't misuse some terms like "Linux" (Linux 
where it should be GNU/Linux).
> I'm glad to hear the bug is fixed.
>
> > On Sunday 12 November 2017 08:15 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:15:33 +0530
> > > Nandakumar Edamana <nandakumar@nandakumar.co.in> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sunday 12 November 2017 07:09 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > > > > I just downloaded your tarball, compiled it and tried to run
> > > > > > "./black-hole-solve --game black_hole 2.bh.board", but I just got
> > > > > > "Segmentation fault (core dumped)". However, I understand that you've
> > > > > > spent so much time in that. Really appreciate the work.
> > > > > >      
> > > > > The segfault is not supposed to happen. Some questions:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Which commands did you use to build it?
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. What are the contents of 2.bh.board?
> > > > Seems I gave it a non-existing file. Sorry for blindly following the
> > > > README file.
> > > That is ok - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity .
> > >   
> > > > I had assumed 2.bh.board is there, but it is not. However,
> > > > it means we have to handle an exception here. This is the gdb output:
> > > > (gdb) run --game black_hole 2.bh.board
> > > > Starting program:
> > > > /home/nandakumar/Downloads/software/black-hole-solver-0.14.0/black-hole-solve
> > > > --game black_hole 2.bh.board
> > > >
> > > > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > > > __GI__IO_fread (buf=0x7fffffffd010, size=1, count=4092, fp=0x0) at
> > > > iofread.c:37
> > > > 37    iofread.c: No such file or directory.
> > > It should be fixed in version 0.16.0 released today while crediting you in
> > > the NEWS. Thanks!
> > >   
> > > > > Thanks for testing!
> > > > >      
> > > > > > Since I've failed to compile it, I would ask this directly rather than
> > > > > > testing it myself: is it a play-able game?
> > > > > >      
> > > > > It is an automated solver for a game, and it should be usable.
> > > > >         
> > > > > > And about Tower of Hanoi. Yes, I first thought it is really silly to put
> > > > > > it into Debian repo. But since there is a games-console package, and I
> > > > > > couldn't find a Tower of Hanoi piece there, I just thought it is
> > > > > > reasonable to include it. I still have no idea whether I am being silly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course I have serious packages which I'd like to put into the Debian
> > > > > > repo. But I have zero experience with the official process, and I just
> > > > > > thought this simple one would be a better choice as my first experimet.
> > > > > >      
> > > > > Nice! Good luck.
> > > > >      
> > > > > > Nandakumar
> > > > > >      
> > > > >      
> > >