From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 3 11:01:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA00771 for current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:01:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00760 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:01:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from latte.eng.umd.edu (latte.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.15]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id OAA15140; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:00:52 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by latte.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.6.4) id OAA08117; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:00:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:00:46 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@latte.eng.umd.edu To: Andreas Klemm cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/bin/fortune In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > It's been recently broken, only about one call in 3 now succeeds. I > > looked at the source code, and I am frankly amazed at how such a simple > > program could be so incredibly complicated. > > I supped fortune from -current at Dec, 28. > while(1) > fortune > end > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 232 Nov 14 1994 Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8320 Sep 4 1994 Notes > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2303 Sep 4 1994 README > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 28 23:10 datfiles > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 28 23:10 fortune > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 28 23:10 strfile > ^^ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 19 1994 tools > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 19 1994 unstr > ^^ I might be a little slow in the uptake, I don't get what you're saying. Maybe you should say it again, speaking slowly and using short words (8-). > > Andreas /// > > -- > andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH > Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix - aklemm@wup.de - > \/ > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz > apsfilter - magic print filter 4lpd >>> knobel is powered by FreeBSD <<< > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: