106757 – XScreensaver: noseguy hack output still using old head syntax

Bug 106757 - XScreensaver: noseguy hack output still using old head syntax

Summary: XScreensaver: noseguy hack output still using old head syntax

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team

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Reported:	2005-09-21 00:11 UTC by Ooblick
Modified:	2005-09-30 17:04 UTC (History)
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Description Ooblick 2005-09-21 00:11:41 UTC

Recently coreutils was updated so that the previous syntax of head "head -15" to
show the first 15 lines of a file no longer works. Instead a message appears
urging you to use the new "head -n 15" syntax:

head: `-15' option is obsolete; use `-n 15' since this will be removed in the future

The noseguy xscreensaver hack usually selects a fortune from the the cookie jar
and displays it. However at the moment it just displays the head warning message
shown above.




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/noseguy

Actual Results:  
Noseguys says: "head: `-15' option is obsolete; use `-n 15' since this will be
removed in the future"

Expected Results:  
Noseguy should have displayed a random fortune cookie

Comment 1 Ooblick 2005-09-21 00:15:19 UTC

I am using xscreensaver-4.22-r2 and coreutils-5.2.1-r6

Comment 2 Krzysztof Pawlik (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-30 17:04:27 UTC

It's already fixed in -r4.