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Q2-wrapper make Quake2 behave
From: dgriffi () ULTRIX6 CS CSUBAK EDU (Dave)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:35:33 -0800
I was hoping to be able to officially announce this thing when the Linux Quake2 was updated, but it caught me by surprise and as such, Q2-wrapper is not quite finished. Okay... What is it? Those of you who use Quake2 for Linux are most likely irritated at its distinctive un-unixlike behaviour. Q2-wrapper, fixes much of that and allows individual users to have their own config files, saves, maps, skins, etc; all while leaving Quake2 blissfully ignorant that it's being fooled. The infamous ref_root exploit is thwarted by allowing only predetermined rendering libs to be used. This new sloppiness discovered with Quake2's config files should be fixable. A release for version 3.10 was not possible due to a bug in the handling of the "basedir" command line variable. All is not lost when playing Quake2. Still, I wish Id would pay more attention to security. I'm available, guys. Expect to see Q2-wrapper in a day or so at Sunsite. -- David Griffith dgriffi () ultrix6 cs csubak edu
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