Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:36:04 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Benno Rice <benno@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6) Message-ID: <CANCZdfr-t-iG_zwWQTwtoN-U7JzmySh2n5FgnXcFzh6MNZScfg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <66D39828-ADBA-4973-BEB8-B2F6657E9996@FreeBSD.org> References: <66D39828-ADBA-4973-BEB8-B2F6657E9996@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Benno Rice <benno@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hello, all! > > With the removal of the fortune datfiles I think it=E2=80=99s time to hav= e a > discussion about fortune(6). > > fortune now defaults to using a fortune file that no longer exists: > > $ fortune > No fortunes found in /usr/share/games/fortune:/usr/ > local/share/games/fortune. > > fortune is still used in the default .login/.profile to show entries from > the still existing freebsd-tips: > > $ grep fortune /usr/share/skel/* > /usr/share/skel/dot.login:if ( -x /usr/bin/fortune ) /usr/bin/fortune > freebsd-tips > /usr/share/skel/dot.profile:if [ -x /usr/bin/fortune ] ; then > /usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips ; fi > $ fortune freebsd-tips > If you need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where > "hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave. > -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca> > > fortune also still has flags for showing offensive entries and the like. > > I would like people=E2=80=99s opinion on which of the following two paths= we > should take: > > 1) Complete removal of fortune and freebsd-tips, remove its usage from th= e > default .login/.profile files. > > 2) Reworking fortune(6) to remove the offensive fortune flag and make > freebsd-tips the default, possibly by symlinking it as > /usr/share/games/fortune/fortunes. > > Personally I lean towards the first option. > (3) Do #1 except replace fortune with a single line shell script: #!/bin/sh to not break everybody's login scripts. Possibly with an optional echo "please remove fortune from .profile/.cshrc" I personally lean towards #2 though. I think the freebsd-tips are useful. Warner
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