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2006

fortune-mod (1:1.99.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Pascal Hakim ]
     - datfiles/cookie: Added a quote
     - Added a switch -u to stop fortune from recoding a fortune to the current
       locale.
     - datfiles: Trimed EOL spaces
       (closes: #314392)
     - datfiles: Added spaces after human initials in attributions
     - datfiles/art: Attributed a quote to Robert Heinlein
     - datfiles/computers: Removed two duplicate fortunes
       (closes: #314397)
     - datfiles/computers: Added missing fortune separator
       (closes: #314395)
     - datfiles/computers: Misc fixes
       (closes: #314394)
     - datfiles/computers: Removed some shortened duplicates
       (closes: #314393)
     - datfiles/computers: Added a space after initials in names in
       attributions
       (closes: #314390)
     - datfiles/computers: Fixed spacing before attribution lines
       (closes: #314389)
     - datfiles/computers: Added a Bruce Schneier quote
       (From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>)
       (closes: #309375)
     - datfile/computers: Attributed a Nicholas Ambrose quote
     - datfile/computers: Added the rest of a missing Emily Postnews
       quote.
       (closes: #314396)
     - datfile/cookies: Fixed a bunch of spelling mistakes
       (From: James R. Van Zandt <jrvz@comcast.net>)
       (closes: #346504)
     - datfiles/definitions: Fixed a grammar mistake
       (From: Henrik Christian Grove <hcg@b-one.net>)
       (closes: #333860)
     - datfiles/linux: Added a missing seperator between two fortunes
       (closes: #300084)
     - datfiles/linux: Added a Eric S. Raymond quote
       (From: Danilo Piazzalunga <danilopiazza@libero.it>)
       (closes: #316595)
     - datfiles/literature: Added a Tamim Ansary quote
       (From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>)
       (closes: #305448)
     - datfiles/literature: Fixed a quotation to Sir Walter Scott
       (From: A Costa <agcosta@gis.net>)
       (closes: #336154)
     - datfiles/miscellaneous: Added a Paul Graham quote
       (From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>)
       (closes: #305446)
     - datfiles/miscellaneous: Added a letter to the Outside editor quote
     - datfiles/pets: Added a Wesley T. Williams quote
     - datfiles/wisdom: Fixed up Anne Frank's name
       (closes: #322275)
     - datfiles/work: Misc fixes
       (patch from: Tom Parker <debian@tevp.net>)
       (closes: #320955)
     - datfiles/off/black-humour: Updated a quote to a funnier version
       (closes: #322663)
     - datfiles/*: Fixed some attribution spacing errors and added missing end
       separators
   [ Joshua Kwan ]
     - datfiles/off/unrotated/{art,debian,vulgarity}: add some offensive
       quotes!
     - datfiles/pratchett: New fortune file featuring only two Terry Pratchett
       gems right now. Hopefully that will increase soon enough as I go back
     - datfiles/linux: Add a quote from Anand Kumria, closes: #283607
     - datfiles/*: Sequester away, or slightly reword (in the case of
       'riddles') verbally offensive quotes. Round 1 of many, I suspect.
       closes: #329479
     - datfiles/art: Add a Roger Waters quote.
     - datfiles/computers: Add a Jamie Zawinski quote.
     - debian/control: Bumped up Standards-Version
     - cleaned up man files to have minus signs where appropriate

 -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:27:38 -0800

2005

fortune-mod (1:1.99.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Erinn Clark
     - datfiles/off/unrotated/religion: Add Robert Anton Wilson quote
     (closes: #280145)
     - Fix typo in README
     - Fix wording in debian/README.Debian
   * Joshua Kwan
     - Remove dupe fortune in datfiles/linux.
     - Fix Cincinnatti -> Cincinnati typo in datfiles/sports.
     - datfiles/linux: Add quote from Alan Cox.
     - datfiles/people: Add crazyphilman's kuro5hin signature, thanks
       Anthony DeRobertis. closes: #273988
     - Add quote from Paul Desmond.
     - Add IRC quote involving asuffield.
     - Add IRC quote involving nobse. :D
     - s/Psalms/Proverbs/ for a Bible quote, closes: #268097
     - datfiles/cookie: Fix spelling of 'elderberrys' -> 'elderberries'
     - datfiles/off/debian: Add a quote from #debian-devel, offensive
       because it pokes fun at religion. Also standardize trailer indentation
     - datfiles/off/atheism: fixed a '%%'
     - datfiles/law: fix some unterminated quotes
     - datfiles/wisdom: Add an Anatole France quote.
     - datfiles/art: Add some quotes from David Gilmour and George Harrison.
     - datfiles/cookie: Remove a duplicate Bullwinkle quote.
     - datfiles/off/misandry: Add an Erica Jong quote.
     - datfiles/{off/,}definitions: Add the Mensa Invitational daffynitions
       that first appeared in the Washington Post.
   * Pascal Hakim
     - Added the set of disclaimer fortunes (from mathew)
     - Added a wisdom quote
     - datfile/art: Fixed up a "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" quote
     - datfile/off/sex: Typo fix
       (closes: #284542)
     - datfile/Makefile: fixed up spelling of disclaimer so it actually
       works.
     - datfile/love: Added attribution to a quote
       (thanks to Chris de Vidal)
     - more updates to Readmes and copyright files
     - datfile/platitudes: Fixed up quote
       (Closes: #265963)
     - datfile/humourist: Fixed up Douglas Adams name's spelling

 -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:35:30 -0800

2004

fortune-mod (1:1.99.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Based off of Pascal's new _official_ fortune-mod release.
     Updated debian/copyright.
   * Pascal Hakim
     - datfile/definitions: Fixed typo
       (closes: #240176)
     - datfile/wisdom: Fixed typo
       (closes: #249382)
     - datfile/computers: Added David Bradley quote
       (from Dale Harris <rodmur@maybe.org>)
       (closes: #230300)
     - datfile/debian: Added Andrew Morton quote
       (closes: #242151)
     - datfiles/computers: Added Dave Cock quote
     - datfiles/debian: Added Shawn McMahon
       (closes: #241161)
     - datfiles/{off/,}debian: Added some quotes from Andrew Suffield's
       quote file
       (closes: #236471)
     - datfiles/debian: Added Daniel Stone quote
       (closes: #256958)
   * Joshua Kwan
     - datfiles/off/unrotated/atheism: Fixed casual -> causal typo.
       (closes: #259677)
     - datfiles/computers: Added quote (from Adrian von Bidder
       <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> (closes: #259686)
     - datfiles/off/unrotated/limerick: Fixed typo.
     - datfiles/off/unrotated/debian: added quote from ari and nickr
     - datfiles/linux: added quote from Ciaran McCreesh on sparclinux
     - datfiles/linux: added email snip from Falk Hueffner on G++; thanks
       Martin (closes: #263181)
     - Moved a buttload of quotes from datfiles/linux to datfiles/debian.
     - Removed a buttload of unfunny quotes from datfiles/linux.
     - Remove all the German quotes in datfiles/linux and send them to the
       fortunes-de maintainer.

 -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:38:53 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-37) unstable; urgency=low

   * Pascal Hakim
     - datfile/off/atheism: Fixed spelling mistake
       (closes: #234988)
     - datfile/zippy: Fixed spelling mistake
       (closes: #226968)
     - datfile/men-women: Fixed spelling mistake in attribution
       (closes: #231811)
     - datfile/cookie: Fixed spelling mistake
       (closes: #234154)
     - datfile/debian: Added IRC quote
       (from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>)
       (closes: #227950)
     - datfile/off/debian: Added IRC quote
       (from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>)
       (closes: #235984)
   * Joshua Kwan
     - Add self to Uploaders.
     - datfile/off/debian: Added IRC quote
     - datfiles/debian: Added ML quotes from Adrian von Bidder
       <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> (Closes: #247259)
     - Manually invoke the man page build target before running install-cookie,
       with a blank prefix, so that the paths are not munged to include
       /buildd/... (Closes: #252019, #229355)
     - datfiles/computers: Fix typo: Andy Tannenbaum -> Tanenbaum.
       (Closes: #253909)
     - Quote key values in debian/menu to conform with policy.

 -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:32:05 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-36) unstable; urgency=low

   * datfile/debian: Created a new fortune cookie file to hold debian
     fortunes.
       + Added quote from debian-legal
         (from Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>)
         (closes: #219385)
       + Added whole bunch of quotes
         (from: Adrian von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch>)
         (closes: #220284)
       + Added another whole bunch of quotes
         (from: Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>)
   * datfile/science: Added Greg Oetjen quote
     (closes: #221022)
   * datfile/platitudes: Typo fix
   * datfile/knghtbrd: Typo fixes
   * fortune/fortune.c: Make relative paths with no leading . work
     (closes: #225535)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:05:45 +1100

2003

fortune-mod (9708-35) unstable; urgency=low

   * datfile/politics: Fixed spelling of Gandhi
   * datfile/cookie: Removed stray >
     (closes: #211399)
   * datfile/linuxcookie:492: Added vi VS emacs quote
     (closes: #215884)
   * datfile/politicis:2971: Added Bernanos quote
     (closes: #217615)
   * debian/menu: Gave the full path to the fortune binary
     (closes: #218127)
   * debian/politics:811: Removed duplicate (and wrong) Monty Python
     quote
     (closes: #214701)
   * datfile/miscellaneous: Removed 3 spelling mistakes
     (closes: #215470)
   * datfile/humourist:1017: Added Nipsey Russell quote from Match Game
     75
     (closes: #211144)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Check that a character is a valid ASCII
     character before rotating it when showing an offensive fortune
     (closes: #213477)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:04:00 +1100

fortune-mod (9708-34) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated to policy 3.6.1.0
   * datfile/literature:298: Moved Anne Frank remark to the
     offensive section.
     (closes: #208467, #208468)
   * datfile/linux:1821: Added Andrew Suffield quote
     (closes: #208975)
   * Convert a fortune to the local charset before attempting a
     search on it. Fortunes will now be displayed correctly when
     searched for, and searches will work a bit better.
     (closes: #205000)
   * datfile/linux:1826: Added an Overfiend quote

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:23:40 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-33) unstable; urgency=low

   * Use librecode instead of iconv, to deal with non-existing
     characters in locales better. (Patch from Aurelien Jarno
     <aurelien@aurel32.net>)
     (closes: #205061, #201230)
   * datfile/kids:144: fixed typo
     (closes: #204199)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:22:46 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-32) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added missing % at the end of a number of fortune cookies
     (closes: #202341)
   * Added missing Build-Depends
     (closes: #202325)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:21:29 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-31) unstable; urgency=low

   * datfile/off/linux:30: Fixed spelling of lactating
     (closes: #200718)
   * datfile/off/linux:37: Added tbm quote
     (closes: #202220)
   * Added utf-8 support.
     (Patch from Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>)
     (closes: #178392, #179595)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:07:00 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-30) unstable; urgency=low

   * datfile/food:781: Fixed spelling mistake in "vegetarian"
     (closes: #198083)
   * datfile/definition:3568: Changed posistion to position
     (closes: #198656)
   * datfile/politics:2967: Added a Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf quote
     (closes: #199181)
   * datfiles/computer:5439: Added a GNU Libtool Manual quote
     (closes: #200613)
   * datfiles/linuxcookies:4: Removed duplicate quote (off/linux)
     (closes: #200615)
   * datfiles/off/linux:28: Added Overfiend quote
     (closes: #164941)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:18:07 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-29) unstable; urgency=low

   * datafile/linux: Added quote from debian-legal
     (closes: #194346)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Fixed copy to display proper paths in error messages.
     (Patch from William Steve Applegate <wsapplegate@est.un.goret.info>)
     (closes: #195729)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Search /usr/local/share/games for fortune files when a
     cookie file is specified. (Patch from Scott Wehrenberg
     <wehresj@auburn.edu>)
     (closes: #161741)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Exit cleanly on bad patterns instead of segfaulting.
     (Patch from Scott Wehrenberg <wehresj@auburn.edu>)
     (closes: #191647)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Don't search the local directory for languages
     (closes: #159095)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Changed the order in which LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES are
     interpreted
     (closes: #157171)
   * fortune/fortune.c: Display a message when no appropriate fortunes have
     been found
     (closes: #165563)
   * datfiles/love:16: Removed duplicate entry
     (closes: #178558)
   * datfiles/translate-me: Added some translations. (Mostly thanks to
     Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org>)
     (closes: #182613)
   * datfiles/songs-poems:303: Fixed a typo in Gollum's riddle
     (closes: #157105)
   * datfiles/off/unrotated/limericks:5053: Removed a broken limeric.
     (closes: #171114)
   * fortune/fortune.c: New option: -c. Used to name the file from which the
     cookie came.
     (closes: #109167)
   * datfile/off/unrotated/atheism: Added new cookie file
     (closes: #95588)
   * Lintian changes:
     -Updated policy version
     -fixed description
   * Added some cookie files which weren't getting built to their directories
     makefile.

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:24:59 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-28) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed broken encoding characters (patch from Sam Hocevar
     <sam@zoy.org>)
     (closes: #188884)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Tue, 20 May 2003 23:45:32 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-27) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed -f to provide correct filenames
     (closes: #156195)
   * Fixed -e to provide correct percentages, when some percentages
     are supplied on the command line. (patch from Michal
     Politowski <mpol@charybda.icm.edu.pl>)
     (closes: #157197)
   * Fixed Garrison Keillor quote in "ethnic"
     (closes: #159273)
   * Removed non-fortune from James Troup on debian's bug tracking
     system in "linux"
     (closes: #160252)
   * Fixed attribution, and wording from Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde
     in "paradoxum"
     (closes: #171910)
   * Don't choke when all files are empty. (patch from Aurelien
     Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>)
     (closes: #176032)
   * Fixed quoting, and attribution in "work", and removed duplicate
     in "cookie"
     (closes: #176623)
   * Moved two translated quotes from "translate-me" to "people" and
     "science", and added attribution to Albert Einstein
     (closes: #182612)
   * Moved some translated quotes from "translate-me" to "wisdom"
     (closes: #182623)
   * Removed duplicate from "people", left copy in "science"
     (closes: #182623)
   * Removed duplicate from "science"
     (closes: #182625)
   * Added missing help in a quote in "work"
     (closes: #192811)
   * Made the 'nohup rm -fr /&' fortune slightly more obvious, in
     "computer"
     (closes: #149400)
   * Removed duplicate (and wrong) riddle in "riddle"
     (closes: #158604)
   * Removed duplicate word in "cookie"
     (closes: #164404)
   * Fixed factual error in "arts"
     (closes: #173497)
   * Fixed lots of spelling mistakes in "computer"
     (closes: #175524)
   * Updated debian/copyright file
     (closes: #171115)
   * Fixed spelling mistakes in man page
     (closes: #173948)
   * Applied patch from "Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>", to
     stop the display of erroneous information when there are no
     strings in a file.
     (closes: #175774)
   * Fixed typo in "linux"
     (closes: #192036)
   * Added a quote in "off/sex"
     (closes: #193214)
   * Fixed typo in "sport"
     (closes: #173247)
   * Added Linus Thorvalds quote in "linux"
     (closes: #165524)
   * Added a quote about Jim Flemming on NANOG in "cookies"
     (closes: #162401)
   * Added greenrd's law in "definitions"
     (closes: #162188)
   * Added Dragon Warrior quote in "off/religion"
     (closes: #158301)

 -- Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>  Tue, 20 May 2003 15:58:07 +1000

2002

fortune-mod (9708-26) unstable; urgency=low

   * Thanks for the corrections and submissions, everyone !
   	Keep'em coming !
   * Added new cookie files
       -  paradoxum
   * Added a Dijkstra cookie to computers.
   * Added 2 quotes from Baker.
   * Moved offensive cookies (closes: #156820, #154404).
   * linux:1439:s/nickle/nickel/  (closes: #141603).
   * songs-poems:6246:s/Voicl/Voicel/ (closes: #141805).
   * knghtbrd:14:s/say/day/ (closes: 146946).
   * computers:5268:s/Jeffrey Honig/George Michaelson/ (closes: #153151).
   * startrek:324: deleted extra " (closes: #154483).
   * art,people:s/Jonathon Swift/Jonathan Swift/ (closes: #155585).
   * riddles:s/lightbulb/light bulb/ (closes: #155388).
   * Added Kant's epigraph to wisdom (closes: #142664).
   * Added /. quote on cable modems to computers (closes: #146629).
   * wisdom:239:s/Adams\?/Adams/ (closes: #149003).
   * Added pullout method of virus prevention to sex (closes: #150041).
   * i8n support thanks to Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
   	(closes: #122219).

 -- Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:26:18 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-25) unstable; urgency=low

   * Generally added new cookies and corrected mistakes.
   * Added new knghtbrd cookies.
   * No longer valid (closes: #64239) (closes: #93353)
   * Added % to wisdom:1234 (closes: #118180)
   * s/becannt/bekannt/ in songs-poems:1212 (closes: #118456)
   * removed duplicated Mandelbrot quote from cookies (closes: #118603)
   * s/Kalvin/Kelvin in men-women:1454 (closes: #126184)
   * cleared up train-station/work-station entry in linux:1168 (closes: #135152)
   * added % to magic:23 (closes: #138768)
   * corrected Kenobi quote in art:1083 (closes:#140562)
   * s/meet/see for Pink Floyd in songs-poems:2583 (closes: #140924)
   * spelling mistakes in package descriptions
     (closes: #124629) (closes: #124634) (closes: #124635)
   * Harlan Ellison quote is mostly correct ;-) (closes: #126946)
   * s/-300K/~300K/ in science:2395 (closes: #131630)
   * moved Socrates' last words from off/private to miscellaneous
     (closes: #136847)
   * s/say tuned/stay tuned/ in love:151 (closes: #140218)
   * Added Gandhi quote to wisdom (closes: #104225)
   * Added modconf changelog message to linux (closes: #117869)
   * Added task-p0rn to linux (closes: #127685)
   * Added more cookies (closes: #133638)

 -- Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 01:07:32 +1000

fortune-mod (9708-24) unstable; urgency=low

   * New maintainer: Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>
   * BSD License update. (closes: #123817)
   * Fixed minor spelling (closes: #124627)

 -- Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 23:58:24 +1100

2001

fortune-mod (9708-23) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix typos in:
     + songs-poems: Correct word in Weird Al song. (closes: #112688)
     + computers: Fix typo in Elizabeth Haley quote. (closes: #115918)
     + startrek: Fix typo in Kirk quote. (closes: #112603)
     + cookie: Fix Ben Franklin quote. (closes: #114097)
     + linux: Separate two unrelated fortunes.
     + knghtbrd: Remove duplicate fortune.
     + linux: De-germanify attribution for a fortune.
     + linux: Remove fortune that does not belong in linux.  (i. e.
       no linux content, nor attributable to any Linux figure.)
       (closes: #107158)
     + cookie: Moved offensive fortune to off/cookie (closes: #108060)
     + off/fortunes: Restored two fortunes dealing with suicide of
       the user previously removed in 9708-22. (closes: #107265)
     + riddles: Moved potentially offensive fortune and expanded
       the offending acronym (as found elsewhere in off/riddles)
       (closes: #107075)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:17:39 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-22) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix typos in:
     + literature: Corrected typo in Mark Twain's name (closes: #102627)
     + people: Removed duplicate 'is' (closes: #98858), split two fortunes
               that had nothing to do with each other
     + computers: Removed broken (ie, it does nothing when given to any
       known shell) fortune (closes: #105552)
     + songs-poems: Correctly attibute quote to Robert Loius Stevenson
   * Removed two fortunes from fortunes dealing with the users' death and
     suicide (closes: #98557, #106446)
   * Relegated zippy to fortunes-off, as quite a number of these
     non-sensical pieces of "humor" fail the criteria for offensiveness.
     (closes: #35560)
   * Fix bashism in menu file (closes: #97190)
   * Update knightbrd from upstream author, Joseph Carter
     <knghtbrd@debian.org>.

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:31:20 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-21) unstable; urgency=low

   * Corrected attributions in:
     + education (closes: #60613)
     + songs-poems (closes: #61194)
   * Fixed typos in:
     + computers (closes: #67311)
     + cookie (closes: #71807)
   * Removed duplicate cookie from linuxcookie, and added another quote
     from Denis Ritchie to linux. (closes: #81162)
   * Removed duplicate cookie from off/vulgarity. (closes: #66601)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:20:47 -0800

2000

fortune-mod (9708-20) unstable; urgency=low

   * Moved offensive fortunes from:
     + riddles (closes: #58603)
   * Fixed typos:
     + off/limerick
     + off/songs-poems (closes: #60686)
   * Added new fortunes:
     + off/religion (closes: #63247)
     + art
     + definitions
     + literature
     + miscellaneous
     + people
     + platitudes
     + politics
     + science
     + songs-poems
     + startrek
     + wisdom (closes: #63248)
   * Fixed menu entry. (closes: #65784)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:29:42 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-19) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed problems with specifying a percentage along with a file
     (closes: #54619)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:24:44 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-18) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed typos in:
     + songs-poems (closes: #50214)
     + cookie (closes: #50905, #54040)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:15:59 -0800

1999

fortune-mod (9708-17) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed the menu entry for X, since xmessage is braindead wrt tabs and
     sizes the window as if a tab is one column.  Brings in a Suggests:
     on bsdmainutils for `col` (Shouldn't be necessary, as bsdmainutils
     is Important, but better safe than sorry).  Fix courtesy of
     Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>.

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 16:23:13 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-16) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed 'no place to put residual probablilty' error.  (closes:
     #47043)
   * Corrected cookie typos.  (closes: #43553, #43554)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:59:42 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-15) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated to Standards-Version 3.0.1, FHS
   * Applied patch to keep fortune from breaking if /usr/local dirs
     don't exist. (closes: #44682)
   * Fixed speeling error in zippy. (closes: #46630)
   * Added a menu entry for fortune.  The X11 version of the menu entry
     uses xmessage, bringing in a new Suggests: on xcontrib.
     (closes: #46894)
   * Fortune now Depends: on fortune-cookie-db to make sure `fortune`
     works after an `apt-get install fortune`. (closes: #45728)
   * Renamed "knghtbrd1" fortune file to "knghtbrd".

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:59:09 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Torsten Landschoff <torsten@pclab.ifg.uni-kiel.de>
     to clean up /usr/local patch from 9708-12.
     + Fixes #42372, 42589, 43259: fortune -m prints "Bad file descriptor"
     + Fixes #42823: fortune -e prints "Floating point exception"
   * Added fortune file "knghtbrd1" from Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>,
     consisting of humorous IRC snippets.

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:45:03 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed `fortune -a` printing 'Bad address'. (#42326)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:51:31 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Adapted patch from OpenBSD's fortune to fix .dat file fields to
     32-bit integers, especially on 64-bit platforms.
     + As a result, the fortunes packages can now be built as arch
       independant packages (#32142)
     + As a side effect of bumping the database version, fortune-mod
       conflicts with the old fortunes packages.  New fortunes packages
       should Depend on "fortune-mod (>= 9708-12)".
   * Fixed typos.
     + Numerical typo (s/255/225/) in science (#41032)
     + Restored chopped off line in off/limerick (#41075)
     + Fixed mathematical errors in off/limerick (#41390)
   * Fortune now looks in /usr/local/share/games/fortune for additional
     fortunes. (#33835)
   * Moved offensive fortune from ethnic to off/ethnic (#40752)
   * Added my policy on moving offensive fortunes found in the main
     database.

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sat, 31 Jul 1999 12:50:20 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Aplied patch from Allover Stripes <allover@hedgehog.globalserve.net>
     to fix problem with -m failing on offensive fortunes (which are
     stored ROT13'd) (#35669)
   * Fixed hardcoded access mode in open() calls.  Hamstrung the Hurd
     folks (#37091)
   * Fixed typo in linux (caught by Torsten Hilbrich
     <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>
   * Fixed typo in cookie (#33167)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:07:52 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-10) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed typo in copyright (lintian)
   * Fixed typo in literature (#31015)
   * Added Depends: fortunes-min to fortunes to upgrade smoothly from hamm.
     (#31111)
   * Added powerpc fix from Hartmut Koptein <koptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
     (#31930)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:25:42 -0800

1998

fortune-mod (9708-9) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix unpack-from-source problems reported by build daemons (#25416,#28542)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:34:15 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed typo (#28231)
   * Moved inappropriate fortune from law to off/sex (#28193)

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:26:44 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Split fortunes into fortunes-min and fortunes for the bandwidth conscious
   * Added "linux" cookie file by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
   * Added "perl" cookie file from http://www.perl.org/lwall-quote.txt
   * Moved unstr and strfile to /usr/bin from /usr/sbin

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:01:58 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed typos and other mistakes (#21572,22247,23527)
   * Changed mainainter address

 -- Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:52:17 -0700

fortune-mod (9708-5) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed manpages in all packages problems (Fixes: #19738,#19844,#19879,#19844,#19895,#19879,#19918)

 -- Brian Bassett <brian@butterfly.ml.org>  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 00:24:59 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed alpha datfiles problem (#18594,18595,18756)
   * Fixed speeling error (#18170)
   * Fixed typo in package description (#18957)
   * Updated fortune.6 manpage to clarify -o and directory interaction (#17252)

 -- Brian Bassett <brian@butterfly.ml.org>  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 23:10:01 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed overlap between bo and hamm packages
   * Fixed lintian messages

 -- Brian Bassett <brian@butterfly.ml.org>  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:42:26 -0800

1997

fortune-mod (9708-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed spacing error (#15858)
   * Fixed spelling error (#16580)
   * Switched to debhelper

 -- Brian Bassett <brian@butterfly.ml.org>  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:39:27 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New maintainer
   * Deleted corrupted fortune from off/limericks (#11089)
   * Fixed noticed spelling errors (#10012, 10770)
   * Split off offensive fortunes to package fortunes-off (#10079)
   * Removed unchecked prompt from postinst (#12618)
   * Fixed manpage (#13953)
   * Left copyright uncompressed (#14400)

 -- Brian Bassett <brian@butterfly.ml.org>  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:34:13 -0800

fortune-mod (9708-0.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer release.
   * New upstream source. (#13407)
   * Libc6 compile. (#11681)

 -- Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Nov 1997 05:16:54 +1100

fortune-mod (9510-4) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed postinst script to display the default action
   * fixed manpage which had the wrong paths
   * fixed several cookie files

 -- Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:59:21 +0200

fortune-mod (9510-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed copyright location.

 -- Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:29:24 +0100

1996

fortune-mod (9510-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed package relationship of fortune-mod with fortune and fortunes
   * fixed bogus manpage symlink.
   * installed manpages compressed.

 -- Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 19:54:58 +0200

fortune-mod (9510-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new fortune package from the fortune-mod sources
   * separated architecture dependent and independent parts
   * incorporated cookies file from old fortune package
   * fixed small bug in fortune -w

 -- Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 13:26:22 +0200