BETA4: fortune -o gone?
Erich Dollansky
erich at alogt.com
Thu Dec 5 08:43:21 UTC 2013
Hi,
On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:16:01 +0100
"A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd at 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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