From owner-freebsd-bugs  Wed Jun  4 06:10:03 1997
Return-Path: <owner-bugs>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA27078
          for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 06:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA27071;
          Wed, 4 Jun 1997 06:10:01 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 06:10:01 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-Message-Id: <199706041310.GAA27071@hub.freebsd.org>
Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management)
Resent-To: freebsd-bugs
Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@FreeBSD.ORG, andrew@ugh.net.au
Received: from css.tuu.utas.edu.au (acs@css.tuu.utas.edu.au [131.217.115.65])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA26743
          for <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 06:03:09 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from acs@localhost)
	by css.tuu.utas.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA10413;
	Wed, 4 Jun 1997 23:03:16 +1000 (EST)
Message-Id: <199706041303.XAA10413@css.tuu.utas.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 23:03:16 +1000 (EST)
From: Andrew <acs@css.tuu.utas.edu.au>
Reply-To: andrew@ugh.net.au
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2
Subject: bin/3777: Bug in Quiz (shakespeare)
Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk


>Number:         3777
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       quiz dies early
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun  4 06:10:00 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew
>Organization:
UgH!
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386
>Environment:

2.2-STABLE as of about Jun 2 97

>Description:

When you run quiz Shakespeare-lines character eventually (after a random number of questions it dies with:

quiz: unmatched alternator in regexp }:Hamlet{ III-i}:Hamlet

>How-To-Repeat:

type:

quiz Shakespeare-lines character. You may have to get a lot wrong and pass a lot...I have no way of testing it when you get the questions right :-|

>Fix:
	
Presumable the bug is in /usr/src/games/quiz/datfiles/bard but I dont have time to look atm.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: