From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 28 04:33:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA24523 for current-outgoing; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:33:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from hellcat.umd.edu (hellcat.umd.edu [129.2.70.125]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA24514 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from maryann.eng.umd.edu (maryann.eng.umd.edu [129.2.103.22]) by hellcat.umd.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA04583; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:32:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by maryann.eng.umd.edu (8.8.5/8.6.4) with SMTP id HAA17134; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:32:57 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: maryann.eng.umd.edu: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:32:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@maryann.eng.umd.edu To: Mike Pritchard cc: toj@gorilla.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange fortune In-Reply-To: <199702280635.WAA21237@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Mike Pritchard wrote: > Tom Jackson wrote: > > > > Here's a funny quirk. Running 3.0-current with last built kernel showing > > ctm#2718 and stuck in Lite2 hell like all other lurkers. My .login has the > > line 'fortune -a'. Recent logins have the fortune cut off to all but the > > last line. Manual 'fortune -a' and 'fortune' repeat the bug but strangely > > 'fortune -o' seems fine. Weird. > > Must be some type of Lite2 problem. I just tried a freshly compiled > fortune on thud (3.0-current a bit before the Lite2 merge) and it > works just fine. I've seen this for a long time, but when I try to test it, it disappears. Something in the error method is random. > > Do the fortunes get cutoff if you run fortune by hand afer logging in, > and does your fortune contain my recent change to help it be a bit more > random? > -- > Mike Pritchard > mpp@FreeBSD.org > "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn" > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------