Re: misc/41547: typo within fortunes2

[Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez%wait4.org@localhost>]

On Fri,  5 Jun 2009 18:05:03 +0000 (UTC)
jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth) wrote:

> 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

Works for me, or even:
                   _
12 + 144 + 20 + 3\/4                  2
----------------------  +  5(11)  =  9  +  0
          7

>  
>  }-- End of excerpt from rnsanchez%wait4.org@localhost
>  

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