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fortune-mod package

fortunes "songs-poems" contains mis-attribution

Bug #314002 reported by moshez
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: fortunes

In the fortunes "songs-poems" file (/usr/share/games/fortunes/songs-poems) a song is attributed as "Oscar Brandt, The Clean Song (line 5621). The attribution should read "Oscar Brand, A Clean Song". For reference, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Brand#1950s -- this song is from "Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads: Volume 5. Bawdy Sea Shanties. (1952-Audio Fidelity)".

I have found this in 8.04, Hardy Heron.

"apt-cache show fortunes" shows the following details:
Source: fortune-mod
Version: 1:1.99.1-3ubuntu3
Filename: pool/universe/f/fortune-mod/fortunes_1.99.1-3ubuntu3_all.deb
MD5sum: 1d36665b591016818b51955b44a7b8fd
SHA1: 9d523ea8abbfbeb090f1d703ca9c5a3d9e75f7ad
SHA256: 5c97eddca0aad5d132b267b99712d5ece4539063a978781633dd5388bb142df3

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YoBoY (yoboy-leguesh) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report.

How to reproduce
1. install the "fortunes" package
2. go to the /usr/share/games/fortunes/
3. edit the file songs-poems file
4. go to the line number 5621
5. you read -- "The Clean Song", Oscar Brandt

Should be -- Oscar Brandt, "The Clean Song" like the other songs citations.

need upstream

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Chris Crisafulli (itnet7) wrote :

Confirmed in both 8.04.1 and 8.10

Changed in fortune-mod:
status: New → Confirmed
status: New → Confirmed
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moshez (moshez-divmod) wrote :

No, it should not be -- Oscar Brandt, "The Clean Song".
It should be -- Oscar Brand, "A Clean Song"

(There is no T in the singer's name, and no "The" in the song's)

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benoît tuduri (benoit2009) wrote :

This problem aren't solved in karmic koala.

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benoît tuduri (benoit2009) wrote :

Hello you can found a patch for this quote problem.

sincerly,

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benoît tuduri (benoit2009) wrote :

Idem, in debian sid, it's correct too now.

Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini)
Changed in fortune-mod (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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