Bug#1056916: freeciv fails to load saved games

[Giacomo Mulas]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2023, Marko Lindqvist wrote:

>  I confirmed the issue upstream. Our bugtracker is currently down, so
> there's no upstream ticket to link to yet.
> 
>  The problem is on the saving side, not loading. Unfortunately this means
> that some information is permanently lost, i.e., one will not be able to
> load those saved games even after the bug gets fixed.

well, it's not like it's crucial data of strategic world importance, at
least in my case :) 
I will be more than happy if it gets fixed, I don't care that much if I will
not be able to load specific old saved games written before the fix.  Let me
know if I can help with testing.

Bye
Giacomo

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