From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Aug 1 15:36:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29255 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:36:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from naur.cs.wvu.edu (naur.csee.wvu.edu [157.182.194.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29246 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:36:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfrasnel@csee.wvu.edu) Received: (from dfrasnel@localhost) by naur.cs.wvu.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) id SAA07527; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:35:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Frasnelli Message-Id: <199808012235.SAA07527@naur.cs.wvu.edu> Subject: Re: KnightCap dumps core while searching hash table To: gljohns@bellsouth.net (Glenn Johnson) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:35:00 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808012014.PAA00951@gforce.bellsouth.net> from Glenn Johnson at "Aug 1, 98 03:14:08 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL15 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greetings, Here's the patch (Yes, I know it's trivial..) to be included as /usr/ports/games/KnightCap/patches/patch-ac: --- knightcap.h Wed Mar 11 16:51:58 1998 +++ /home/dfrasnel/src/build/patch/knightcap.h Sat Aug 1 18:04:20 1998 @@ -30,1 +30,1 @@ -#define USE_APPLET 1 +#define USE_APPLET 0 > ....snip.... Sorry if I exceeded the boredom level of some of the fine subscribers out there. I've always agreed with the Chinese proverb distinguishing between feeding a man a fish(which satisfies for one meal) versus teaching a man how to fish (which supplies food for a lifetime). void rant() { As someone who occasionally watches the Linux community, I've noticed a disturbing trend of users who expect "plug and play" software (ala RedHat/Debian packages), and drop all semblence of intelligence when confronted with freeware in source form. The issue stems from much deeper than the fact that Linux has a large percentage of first-time Un*x users: Developers seem less willing to show people how to fix problems (or alternatively, telling them to Read The Fine Manual), and more willing to provide them with a compiled, binary-only solution. This may result in gaining one step closer to broader acceptance.. but it also (IMHO) is one step closer to methods used by commercial OS companies, something I thought the "Open Source" community does not agree with. } (John, I'm not directing any of the above towards you. The message just provided an excellent sounding board) > Thanks for all of your effort. Glad to be of service. Best regards, Daniel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message