Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:43:04 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Joshua Armstrong <jarmstrong@wi.rr.com>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: The future of fortune(6) Message-ID: <20171122174355.093811B3@spqr.komquats.com>
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I'm in favour of removing fortune entirely and replacing it with a shell sc= ript. IIRC there's at least one port that uses fortune. Making whatever cur= rently remains of fortune a new port to address any resulting fallout and P= OLA from its removal from base. --- Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> --- -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Armstrong Sent: 22/11/2017 08:51 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: RE: The future of fortune(6) I also think the tips on login are helpful. I would be in favor of making f= reebsd-tips the default cookie file (with the possibility of supplying othe= r files as well) and removing the offensive option.=0A= =0A= -----Original Message-----=0A= From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freeb= sd.org] On Behalf Of Warner Losh=0A= Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 10:36 AM=0A= To: Benno Rice=0A= Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; freebsd-arch@freebsd.org=0A= Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6)=0A= =0A= On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Benno Rice <benno@freebsd.org> wrote:=0A= =0A= > Hello, all!=0A= >=0A= > With the removal of the fortune datfiles I think it=E2=80=99s time to hav= e a =0A= > discussion about fortune(6).=0A= >=0A= > fortune now defaults to using a fortune file that no longer exists:=0A= >=0A= > $ fortune=0A= > No fortunes found in /usr/share/games/fortune:/usr/ =0A= > local/share/games/fortune.=0A= >=0A= > fortune is still used in the default .login/.profile to show entries =0A= > from the still existing freebsd-tips:=0A= >=0A= > $ grep fortune /usr/share/skel/*=0A= > /usr/share/skel/dot.login:if ( -x /usr/bin/fortune ) /usr/bin/fortune =0A= > freebsd-tips /usr/share/skel/dot.profile:if [ -x /usr/bin/fortune ] ; =0A= > then /usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips ; fi $ fortune freebsd-tips If you =0A= > need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where =0A= > "hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave.=0A= > -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>=0A= >=0A= > fortune also still has flags for showing offensive entries and the like.= =0A= >=0A= > I would like people=E2=80=99s opinion on which of the following two paths= we =0A= > should take:=0A= >=0A= > 1) Complete removal of fortune and freebsd-tips, remove its usage from = =0A= > the default .login/.profile files.=0A= >=0A= > 2) Reworking fortune(6) to remove the offensive fortune flag and make =0A= > freebsd-tips the default, possibly by symlinking it as =0A= > /usr/share/games/fortune/fortunes.=0A= >=0A= > Personally I lean towards the first option.=0A= >=0A= =0A= (3) Do #1 except replace fortune with a single line shell script:=0A= =0A= #!/bin/sh=0A= =0A= to not break everybody's login scripts. Possibly with an optional echo "ple= ase remove fortune from .profile/.cshrc"=0A= =0A= I personally lean towards #2 though. I think the freebsd-tips are useful.= =0A= =0A= Warner=0A= _______________________________________________=0A= freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/= listinfo/freebsd-hackers=0A= To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= =0A= =0A= _______________________________________________=0A= freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers=0A= To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= =0A=
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