Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:29:46 -0800 From: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: The future of fortune(6) Message-ID: <66D39828-ADBA-4973-BEB8-B2F6657E9996@FreeBSD.org>
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Hello, all! With the removal of the fortune datfiles I think it’s time to have a discussion about fortune(6). fortune now defaults to using a fortune file that no longer exists: $ fortune No fortunes found in /usr/share/games/fortune:/usr/local/share/games/fortune. fortune is still used in the default .login/.profile to show entries from the still existing freebsd-tips: $ grep fortune /usr/share/skel/* /usr/share/skel/dot.login:if ( -x /usr/bin/fortune ) /usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips /usr/share/skel/dot.profile:if [ -x /usr/bin/fortune ] ; then /usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips ; fi $ fortune freebsd-tips If you need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where "hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave. -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca> fortune also still has flags for showing offensive entries and the like. I would like people’s opinion on which of the following two paths we should take: 1) Complete removal of fortune and freebsd-tips, remove its usage from the default .login/.profile files. 2) Reworking fortune(6) to remove the offensive fortune flag and make freebsd-tips the default, possibly by symlinking it as /usr/share/games/fortune/fortunes. Personally I lean towards the first option. Thanks, Benno.help
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