tags 327872 patch thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] BCCed On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:57:12 -0400, Len Sorensen wrote: > /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow should not be present as it isn't a > valid format file. It prevents use of the real file > /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow.cow
Invoking cowsay like "cowsay -f mech-and-cow.cow message" works while "cowsay -f mech-and-cow message" doesn't. As upstream already ships the invalid file "/usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow" a simple rm for removing it in debian/rules install will do. Sidenote: this is a remnant from #193440. HTH, Flo
--- cowsay-3.03/debian/rules.orig 2005-10-19 14:09:06.000000000 +0200
+++ cowsay-3.03/debian/rules 2005-10-19 14:36:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
ln -s cowsay debian/tmp/usr/bin/cowthink
mkdir -p debian/tmp/usr/share/cowsay/cows
tar -cf - cows | (cd debian/tmp/usr/share/cowsay && tar -xvf -)
+ rm debian/tmp/usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow
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