Bugzilla Bug 116521

The file /usr/share/games/duke3d/network.cfg should be installed as
/usr/share/games/duke3d/network.cfg.template because:

1) It is a template. It will not work out of the box without editing, let's
make this obvious.

2) The game behaves weird if it finds two .cfg files and ~/.duke3d does not
exist. To be exact, I get:

home ~ $ duke3d
                   Duke Nukem 3D v1.4 - Atomic Edition
                   Copyright (c) 1996 3D Realms Entertainment


Multiple Configuration Files Encountered
========================================
Please choose a configuration file from the following list by pressing its
corresponding letter:
a. DUKE3D.CFG <DEFAULT>
b. network.cfg

(duke3d.cfg will be used if no selection is made within 10 seconds.)

9 seconds left
...
0 seconds left.


Using Setup file: '/home/obelix/.duke3d/duke3d.cfg'
ReadSetup: /home/obelix/.duke3d/duke3d.cfg does not exist
           Please run SETUP.EXE

At this point an empty ~/.duke3d has been created. Btw, pressing a or b has no
effect - just the character gets printed on the console.

After doing a mv /usr/share/games/duke3d/network.cfg
/usr/share/games/duke3d/network.cfg.template && rmdir .duke3d

home ~ $ duke3d
                   Duke Nukem 3D v1.4 - Atomic Edition
                   Copyright (c) 1996 3D Realms Entertainment

Using Setup file: 'DUKE3D.CFG'
STUB: CONTROL_ClearAssignments (CONTROL_ClearAssignments, control.c:209)
Compiling: 'GAME.CON'.
Including: 'DEFS.CON'.
Including: 'USER.CON'.
Code Size:64840 bytes(1794 labels).
* Hold Esc to Abort. *
Loading art header.
Checking sound inits.
Checking music inits.
RTS Manager Started.
Loading palette/lookups.

And the game works.

Same here...

I agree, network.cfg should go out of the way :-)

Fix is now in portage. Thanks for pointing out.