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Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2001 20:40:01 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Figlet-2.2 Experimental
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 01:33:58AM +0000, Carl Ebrey wrote:
>Hi again guys,
>
>Sorry about the delay in responding.  I've just been reading the archives
>for the list (because I wasn't subscribed to the lists at home, until just
>now that is) and I see there's been quite a lot of traffic.  I'm not in
>work until Monday now but as soon as I get there I'll upload the tarballs
>somewhere so you can peruse them at your own pleasure.  In the mean time,
>here's what I have for the setup.hint file (please remember that I'm
>writing this "from scratch" because the file's still in work):
>
>@figlet
>sdesc: figlet-2.2 Experimental
>ldesc: FIGlet is a program that creates
>large characters out of ordinary screen
>characters.   FIGlet can create characters
>in many different styles and can kern and
>"smush" these characters together in
>various ways.  FIGlet output is generally
>reminiscent of the sort of "signatures"
>many people like to put at the end of
>e-mail and UseNet messages.
>test: 2.2-Experimental
>category: text
>requires: cygwin
>
>Hope that helps you Chris.

In a sense it does.  The above has a number of problems.

The sdesc is incorrect, the ldesc needs to be quoted properly, and the version
number is wrong.

I guess I'm glad I asked.  If this setup.hint had showed up on
sources.redhat.com it would have confused the setuper updater.

Sorry.

cgf

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