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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:43:03 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com>
To:        "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl>
Cc:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, bsd-lists@1command.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, sthaug@nethelp.no
Subject:   Re: BETA4: fortune -o gone?
Message-ID:  <20131205164303.43e81755@X220.ovitrap.com>
In-Reply-To: <20131205081601.GA57771@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
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Hi,

On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:16:01 +0100
"A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> wrote:

> Glen Barber wrote:
> 
> >> I see absolutely no reason why fortune -o should be removed. I
> >> suggest that it should be restored.
> > 
> > You are all welcome to create a port.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken it's a simple matter of placing the files into
> /usr/share/games/fortune/ and that's that. The files here
> http://www.skysmurf.nl/comp/FreeBSD/files/fortune are from
> 9.1-RELEASE. Feel free to test if it's indeed as simple as
> downloading those and placing them into said directory. If so - and
> if the removal is indeed definite - I'd be happy to make a port.
> 
I just downloaded them, placed them as you said and it works.

> Although not being silly and just putting them back in base would of
> course be way preferable.

Unix without fortune -o? Hard to imagine.

Erich



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