Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:31:38 -0700 (MST) From: John Hein <jhein@timing.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/131469: George Bernard Shaw quote fix Message-ID: <200902071831.n17IVcNF018576@brain.timing.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200902071840.n17Ie14h097336@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 131469 >Category: misc >Synopsis: George Bernard Shaw quote fix >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 07 18:40:00 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: John Hein >Release: all >Organization: >Environment: >Description: This error has been in fortunes since 1.1 (verbatim from the Rand Lindsly collection of quotes) >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: s/milestones/millstones/ and less important.. s/man/Man/ Not every source I've seen capitalizes 'Man', but it seems right. Uncapitalized 'man' would usually be preceded by an 'a'. But I haven't seen any reference cite the orignal source yet, so I can't say for sure. Index: fortunes =================================================================== RCS file: /base/FreeBSD-CVS/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes,v retrieving revision 1.272 diff -u -p -r1.272 fortunes --- fortunes 8 Oct 2008 19:39:22 -0000 1.272 +++ fortunes 7 Feb 2009 17:21:58 -0000 @@ -48262,9 +48262,9 @@ beat their head on the keyboard. After -- Harry Skelton % The seven deadly sins ... Food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, -respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones -from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the -milestones are lifted. +respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven millstones +from Man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the +millstones are lifted. -- George Bernard Shaw % The seven eyes of Ningauble the Wizard floated back to his hood as he >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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