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From: James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:08:16 +0100
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Subject: Bug#474594: bsdgames: Unmatched bracket in quiz poetry data file
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Package: bsdgames
Version: 2.17-12
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Hi,
In
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdgames/+bug/160378
it was reported that the poetry file of quiz is malformed, quoting:
the file /usr/share/games/bsdgames/quiz/poetry is missing a } bracket.
$ quiz poem author
quiz: unmatched alternator in regexp Elegy{ Written in a Country
Church{-| }Yard:{Thomas }Gray
The following patch is used in Ubuntu to fix this error.
Thanks,
James
diff -pruN 2.17-12/quiz/datfiles/poetry
2.17-12ubuntu1/quiz/datfiles/poetry
--- 2.17-12/quiz/datfiles/poetry 1997-07-17 17:42:20.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.17-12ubuntu1/quiz/datfiles/poetry 2008-03-13 09:14:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Drink deep{,} or taste not the Pierian s
{Alexander }Pope
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day{,}:\
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea:\
-Elegy{ Written in a Country Church{-| }Yard:\
+Elegy{ Written in a Country Church{-| }Yard}:\
{Thomas }Gray
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley{,}:\
An{'|d} lea{'|v}e us nought but grief an{'|d} pain for promised joy{.}:\
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