Tips

[The Matt]

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 08:33, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> On Wed, 23, Jul 2003, The Matt wrote:
> > Uhh...I'm guessing you've been upgrading your Red Hat, right?  That is
> > because if you read the RH 9 Release Notes you will see:
> > 
> > The following packages have been removed from Red Hat Linux 9:
> > ...
> > fortune-mod ??? Unclear copyright status
> > 
> > And, in the Severn release notes, there is no mention of fortune-mod
> > being back.
> > 
> > Thus, xfce4-tips will bork on all new RH 9+ installations, no matter
> > what a user does.  Unless you want to distribute fortune-mod with Xfce4,
> > a different program will be needed.
> 
> Ok, I'll find another way with 4.2, but for now using fortune is the
> most elegant way.

Oh, I agree.  I still use it whenever I need a random string somewhere. 
Plus, it has all those fun sayings.

Of course, if SCO has its way, everything will be dropped for unclear
copyright status...

Matt
-- 
"And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony, anyway?  I mean,
all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good
and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky's the limit!" -- The Tick
  The Matt -- http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~thompsma/
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