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Re: misc/41547: typo within fortunes2



The following reply was made to PR misc/41547; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, misc-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/41547: typo within fortunes2
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:01:39 -0700

 On Sep 21,  3:12am, rnsanchez%wait4.org@localhost wrote:
 }
 } >Number:         41547
 } >Synopsis:       typo within fortunes2
 } >Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 05 15:05:00 +0000 2009
 } >Originator:     Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez
 } >Description:
 } This fortune has a typo:
 } 
 } ===
 }         12 + 144 + 20 + 3(4)                  2
 }         ----------------------  +  5(11)  =  9  +  0
 }                   7
 } 
 } A dozen, a gross and a score,
 } Plus three times the square root of four,
 }         Divided by seven,
 }         Plus five times eleven,
 } Equals nine squared plus zero, no more!
 } ===
 } 
 } Instead of 3(4), it should read 3(2), since it is not a square root 
ascii-art.  Diff attached against latest CVS revision (1.33), hopefully not 
mangled in the form.
 } >How-To-Repeat:
 } 
 } >Fix:
 } --- fortunes2.orig      2009-06-05 10:58:49.000000000 -0400
 } +++ fortunes2   2009-06-05 10:59:01.000000000 -0400
 } @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 }  %
 }         ... with liberty and justice for all who can afford it.
 }  %
 } -       12 + 144 + 20 + 3(4)                  2
 } +       12 + 144 + 20 + 3(2)                  2
 }         ----------------------  +  5(11)  =  9  +  0
 }                   7
 
      How about something like this:
 
                             _
   -       12 + 144 + 20 + 3/4                   2
           ----------------------  +  5(11)  =  9  +  0
                     7
 
 }-- End of excerpt from rnsanchez%wait4.org@localhost
 


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