Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 20:11:00 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/2520: fortune has bad/hard to understand grammer Message-ID: <199701180411.UAA10491@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199701180420.UAA19910@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2520 >Category: misc >Synopsis: fortune has bad/hard to understand grammer >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 17 20:20:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: John-Mark Gurney >Organization: Cu Networking >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP i386 >Environment: and bsd environment with the fortunes installed... >Description: basic a fortunes has bad/hard to understand grammer.. >How-To-Repeat: run fortune a long time till you get the fortune >Fix: apply this patch: Index: fortunes =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -c -r1.4 fortunes *** fortunes 1997/01/08 07:04:41 1.4 --- fortunes 1997/01/18 04:02:40 *************** *** 8579,8586 **** Malek's Law: Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way. % ! Man 1: Ask me the what the most important thing about telling a good ! joke is. Man 2: OK, what is the most impo -- --- 8579,8586 ---- Malek's Law: Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way. % ! Man 1: Ask me. "What is the most important thing about telling a good ! joke?" Man 2: OK, what is the most impo -- >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: John-Mark Gurney
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