#33166: fortune: limerick data file contains offensive fortunes ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: cmc@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: | Port: fortune ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Comment(by ryandesign@…): To be fair, limericks are often (some would say usually or even expected to be) offensive. The developers of `fortune` appear to be aware of this. The first paragraph of the README says: {{{ The potentially offensive fortunes are installed by default on FreeBSD systems. If you're absolutely, *positively*, without-a-shadow-of-a-doubt sure that your user community goes berzerk/sues your pants off/drops dead upon reading one of them, edit the Makefile in the subdirectory datfiles, and do "make all install". }}} That Makefile contains: {{{ # TO AVOID INSTALLING THE POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE FORTUNES, COMMENT OUT THE # THREE LINES AND UNCOMMENT THE FOURTH LINE. # THE THREE LINES: FILES+= fortunes2-o limerick murphy-o gerrold.limerick BLDS+= fortunes2-o.dat limerick.dat murphy-o.dat gerrold.limerick.dat TYPE= real # THE FOURTH LINE: #TYPE= fake }}} In order to not deviate too much from the official distribution, what if we offered an "+offensive" variant which, when deselected, would perform the modifications described in the README/Makefile? I am undecided as to whether this variant would default to on or off. Alternately, it's possible something has already been done about this upstream, however, I do not know if there is an upstream; I don't know if this software has a homepage or a newer version. If anyone can locate one, let me know. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33166#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS