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MattF: Update many outdated details.

2024-08-27T04:30:18Z

Update many outdated details.

Furey: /* Messages */ Fix an unversioned reffunc.

2024-06-27T00:17:02Z

‎Messages: Fix an unversioned reffunc.

Furey: Adding a todo (which I cannot do) to update this article.

2024-06-27T00:12:25Z

Adding a todo (which I cannot do) to update this article.

Aximili: Add wikipedia link, move official site link to 'See also' section

2020-01-27T06:56:26Z

Add wikipedia link, move official site link to 'See also' section

Aximili: Changes to categories

2020-01-27T05:41:58Z

Changes to categories

76.121.93.40: greater than->more than

2016-02-02T06:50:25Z

greater than->more than

24.72.137.130: Fixed a template

2015-07-13T20:37:24Z

Fixed a template

Bcode: /* Messages */ Template:reffunc

2012-10-05T20:48:35Z

‎Messages: Template:reffunc

Bhaak: /* Patches */ direct link to debian's nethack package

2011-05-25T12:15:55Z

‎Patches: direct link to debian's nethack package

Bhaak: /* Patches */ link to debian's nethack package

2011-05-25T12:14:27Z

‎Patches: link to debian's nethack package

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 Debian GNU/Linux is exceptional because it supports 11 processor architectures and has more than 18 thousand packages. No other distribution of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]] is more comprehensive; perhaps only [[NetBSD]] can claim to support more processor architectures than Debian.
-Debian also does a great job of providing current versions of packages (in the "unstable" repository, because Debian sometimes waits almost three years between releases). This is not an issue with [[NetHack]], because 3.4.3 has been current for a very long time. However, Debian "unstable" already contains version 0.0.7E7F3 of [[SLASH'EM]].
+Debian also does a great job of providing current versions of packages (in the "unstable" repository, because Debian sometimes waits almost three years between releases). The current version in "stable" is [[NetHack 3.6.6|3.6.6]]. All current Debian versions also contain the final release of [[SLASH'EM]], 0.0.7E7F3.
-The Debian NetHack package is maintained by Joshua "joshk" Kwan.
+The Debian NetHack package is maintained by Vincent Cheng and James Cowgill.{{footnote|[https://packages.debian.org/stable/nethack-common Debian -- Details of package nethack-common in bookworm]}}
 Perhaps a fortune cookie could read:
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 == Patches ==
-The [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/nethack-common Debian NetHack package] has around 25 [[patch]]es that provide features ranging from simple UI enhancements and bug fixes to changes that affect the game play. Some of the larger patches include [http://bilious.alt.org/?45 hpmon], [[menucolors]], [http://bilious.alt.org/?42 sortloot], [http://bilious.alt.org/?40 dump] and a modifed version of [http://bilious.alt.org/?44 paranoid]
+Debian used to bundle a large number of [[patch]]es to [[NetHack 3.4.3]],{{footnote|[https://sources.debian.org/patches/nethack/3.4.3-15/ Debian patch list for 3.4.3]}} providing features ranging from simple UI enhancements and bug fixes to changes that affect the game play. Some of the larger patches include [http://bilious.alt.org/?45 hpmon], [[menucolors]], [http://bilious.alt.org/?42 sortloot], [http://bilious.alt.org/?40 dump] and a modified version of [http://bilious.alt.org/?44 paranoid]
 The <tt>95_enh_engulf_prayers.dpatch</tt> patch makes being engulfed a major trouble, so that a successful prayer while engulfed will get you expelled and cause the [[engulfing]] monster to [[flee]].
 == Messages ==
-The patches applied to the Debian version of NetHack include these messages:
+The patches applied to the Debian version of NetHack 3.4.3 included these messages:
-{{message|You hear a <growl_sound> of divine fear!|You are [[engulf|engulfed]] in an [[animal]], have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled. The [[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/src/sounds.c#growl_sound|growl_sound]]</tt> refers to whatever sound that monster makes when it growls.
+{{message|You hear a <growl_sound> of divine fear!|You are [[engulf|engulfed]] in an [[animal]], have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled. The [[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/src/sounds.c#growl_sound|growl_sound]]</tt> refers to whatever sound that monster makes when it growls.}}
 {{message|You feel a strange distortion in your surroundings!|You are engulfed in something other than an animal, have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled.}}

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 The patches applied to the Debian version of NetHack include these messages:
-{{message|You hear a <growl_sound> of divine fear!|You are [[engulf|engulfed]] in an [[animal]], have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled. The <tt><growl_sound></tt> refers to whatever sound that monster makes when it growls.{{reffunc|sounds.c|growl_sound|comment=List of sounds that monsters make when growling}}}}
+{{message|You hear a <growl_sound> of divine fear!|You are [[engulf|engulfed]] in an [[animal]], have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled. The [[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/src/sounds.c#growl_sound|growl_sound]]</tt> refers to whatever sound that monster makes when it growls.
 {{message|You feel a strange distortion in your surroundings!|You are engulfed in something other than an animal, have successfully prayed and are about to get expelled.}}

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 : <tt>They say that Debian and [[Gentoo]] are the best at providing current versions of packages.</tt>
 They have Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Debian GNU/Hurd too.
 == Patches ==

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 '''Debian''' is a [[free]] operating system. Debian works exceptionally well as a [[server]]; Debian GNU/Linux is the operating system underneath [[nethack.alt.org]]. Debian also powers some desktops, though many users have [[Ubuntu]], a variant of Debian that makes frequent releases of the most important software.
 Debian GNU/Linux is exceptional because it supports 11 processor architectures and has more than 18 thousand packages. No other distribution of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]] is more comprehensive; perhaps only [[NetBSD]] can claim to support more processor architectures than Debian.
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 {{message|<monster> looks rather shook up.|The non-animal monster that had engulfed you is now fleeing.}}
 == References ==

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 http://www.debian.org/
-Debian GNU/Linux is exceptional because it supports 11 processor architectures and has greater than 18 thousand packages. No other distribution of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]] is more comprehensive; perhaps only [[NetBSD]] can claim to support more processor architectures than Debian.
+Debian GNU/Linux is exceptional because it supports 11 processor architectures and has more than 18 thousand packages. No other distribution of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]] is more comprehensive; perhaps only [[NetBSD]] can claim to support more processor architectures than Debian.
 Debian also does a great job of providing current versions of packages (in the "unstable" repository, because Debian sometimes waits almost three years between releases). This is not an issue with [[NetHack]], because 3.4.3 has been current for a very long time. However, Debian "unstable" already contains version 0.0.7E7F3 of [[SLASH'EM]].

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 == Patches ==
-The Debian NetHack package has around 25 [[patch]]es that provide features ranging from simple UI enhancements and bug fixes to changes that affect the game play. Some of the larger patches include [http://bilious.alt.org/?45 hpmon], [[menucolors]], [http://bilious.alt.org/?42 sortloot], [http://bilious.alt.org/?40 dump] and a modifed version of [http://bilious.alt.org/?44 paranoid]
+The [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nethack-common Debian NetHack package] has around 25 [[patch]]es that provide features ranging from simple UI enhancements and bug fixes to changes that affect the game play. Some of the larger patches include [http://bilious.alt.org/?45 hpmon], [[menucolors]], [http://bilious.alt.org/?42 sortloot], [http://bilious.alt.org/?40 dump] and a modifed version of [http://bilious.alt.org/?44 paranoid]
 The <tt>95_enh_engulf_prayers.dpatch</tt> patch makes being engulfed a major trouble, so that a successful prayer while engulfed will get you expelled and cause the [[engulfing]] monster to [[flee]].