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Date:      Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:35:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Frasnelli <dfrasnel@csee.wvu.edu>
To:        gljohns@bellsouth.net (Glenn Johnson)
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: KnightCap dumps core while searching hash table
Message-ID:  <199808012235.SAA07527@naur.cs.wvu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199808012014.PAA00951@gforce.bellsouth.net> from Glenn Johnson at "Aug 1, 98 03:14:08 pm"

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Greetings,
	Here's the patch (Yes, I know it's trivial..) to be included as 
/usr/ports/games/KnightCap/patches/patch-ac:

--- knightcap.h Wed Mar 11 16:51:58 1998
+++ /home/dfrasnel/src/build/patch/knightcap.h Sat Aug 1 18:04:20 1998
@@ -30,1 +30,1 @@
-#define USE_APPLET 1
+#define USE_APPLET 0

> ....snip....
	Sorry if I exceeded the boredom level of some of the fine subscribers
out there.  I've always agreed with the Chinese proverb distinguishing
between feeding a man a fish(which satisfies for one meal) versus teaching
a man how to fish (which supplies food for a lifetime).  

void rant() 
{	As someone who occasionally watches the Linux community, I've 
noticed a disturbing trend of users who expect "plug and play" software 
(ala RedHat/Debian packages), and drop all semblence of intelligence when 
confronted with freeware in source form.  The issue stems from much 
deeper than the fact that Linux has a large percentage of first-time Un*x
users: Developers seem less willing to show people how to fix problems
(or alternatively, telling them to Read The Fine Manual), and more 
willing to provide them with a compiled, binary-only solution.  
This may result in gaining one step closer to broader acceptance..  but it 
also (IMHO) is one step closer to methods used by commercial OS companies,
something I thought the "Open Source" community does not agree with.
}
(John, I'm not directing any of the above towards you.  The message just
provided an excellent sounding board)

> Thanks for all of your effort.
	Glad to be of service. 
Best regards,
Daniel

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