Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:32:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: toj@gorilla.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange fortune Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970228073154.17750A-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199702280635.WAA21237@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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