apt-get moo doesn't look like a cow

the animal produced by "apt-get moo" doesnt really look like a cow:
         (__)
         (oo)
   /------\/
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
    ~~ ~~

gentoos cow looks much better:
 ^__^
 (oo)\_______
 (__)\ )\/\
     ||----w |
     || ||

perhaps we could adopt mouth:

         (__)
         (oo)
   /-----(__)
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
    ~~ ~~

I think this does not give up much of Debians identity, while looking much better. :D

Not sure if this should actualy be rejected or not... its true, it could look more cowlike, but is it that important?

btw. funnyst bug ever.
kk

apt has Super Cow powers. Super cows do not look like normal cows. kthxbye

               (__)
               (oo)
   /------\/
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
       ~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...

From "apt-get moo" in Simply Mepis 6.0 Final

++ for the proposed one :)

FWIW, Gentoo's cow seems to be the same as the cowsay default. There doesn't seem to be any reason to downgrade APT to such mainstream cow technology.

right. so lets concentrate on the following:

alternative #1:

         (__)
         (oo)
   /-----(__)
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
    ~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...

alternative #2:
                     \_/
   m00h (__) -(_)-
      \ ~Oo~___ / \
         (..) |\
   ________|_|_|__________
..."Have you mooed today?"...

#1 is the updated APT default
#2 was taken from the debian bug tracker and originates from http://apt-get.mine.nu/

Adding a Launchpad task to ensure this cow really looks like a cow in comments -- because it currently doesn't!

We currently don't preserve whitespace after the beginning of the line, which is the cause of the problem here.

We probably should be replacing runs of whitespace (both leading whitespace and embedded whitespace) with the pattern "     ...   " such that the run ends with a normal whitespace (so that if the line gets wrapped, we don't have a space at the beginning of the next line).

This depends on your picture interpretation:

I consider (oo) nostrils, so it's perfectly fine cow pointing its nose at me.

You consider (oo) eyes.

I still prefer the original image and consider it more cow-ardly :-)

well, why not this one?

           (__)
 _______~(..)~
   ,----\(oo)
  /|____|,'
 * /"\ /\
   ~ ~ ~ ~

^^that last one was good^^

This wouldn't be called a "bug" but is still an interesting thing to bring up as it is an easter egg.

++ for Ribeiro's cow https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125/comments/11

Is this bug fixed in Gutsy?

hi all
In my original post (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125/comments/11) the fist line was not aligned...
I hope this is ok:

         (__)
 _______~(..)~
   ,----\(oo)
  /|____|,'
 * /"\ /\
   ~ ~ ~ ~

thanks once again,
Fernando Ribeiro

I hate to be the bearer of bad news on this issue, but cows don't have horns.

Bulls do.

ZenGuy,
  I hate to be the bearer of even more bad news, but many cows actually do have horns and some bulls don't. It's not a gender-specific feature, but rather breed-specific. ;-)

In theory, cows can not speak either. Which is probably why they're so tasty.
Nom Nom Nom.

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 16:35 +0000, Toma wrote:
> In theory, cows can not speak either. Which is probably why they're so tasty.
> Nom Nom Nom.
>

this exchange of messages ( last 3 ) had me crying with laughter.
who says bugs have to be boring? :)

Its a Deer..

I'd say it's a goat. We should fill a bug for the command used. It should have been apt-get méééh or apt-get baah.
Yes, please change ascii image to the originally proposed one :)

i say bug closed due to going way off topic, by the way sudo apt-get moo is a fully functional cow, including yep, horns and all :D

I think we should just put our tail on Gentoo's cow.

Perhaps we could add some grass for the cow to graze on.

              (__)
 _______~(..)~
   ,--------- (oo)
  /|____|,'
 * /"\ /\
   ~ ~ ~ wwww

Let's see... the change is necessary because the animal needs be renewed in order that it see better ;)

The alternative by Fernando Ribeiro is really nice.

I thought it was an Ibex....

         (__)
         (oo)
   /------ \/
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
    ~~ ~~

Looks like an Intrepid Ibex to me.

Yes, cow don't look like cow.
It has pointy mouth. :(

Very bad, I am truly disappointed with the quality of this feature.
Please fix ASAP!

Ribeiro's cow looks pretty good. I say we use it

This is a patch to replace the default apt-super-cow with the much improved
Fernando Ribeiro's apt-super-cow!

The only difference is that I removed the ground from Fernando's original,
since the ASCII design gets cleaner, and it also seems that the cow is flying,
like the gentoo's version! It's very easy to undo this modification if desired!

         (__)
 _______~(..)~
   ,----\(oo)
  /|____|,'
 * /"\ /\

...."Have you mooed today?"...

The patch must the applied against the latest version of apt, located at:
http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu

Man, I tried the to use the " " but it messed everything up.
"apt-get moo" output will be this:

         (__)
 _______~(..)~
   ,----\(oo)
  /|____|,'
 * /"\ /\

...."Have you mooed today?"...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IT'S A TRAP!. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _,,,--~~~~~~~~--,_ . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,-‘ : : : :::: :::: :: : : : : :º ‘-, . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .,-‘ :: : : :::: :::: :::: :::: : : :o : ‘-, . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . ,-‘ :: ::: :: : : :: :::: :::: :: : : : : :O ‘-, . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .,-‘ : :: :: :: :: :: : : : : : , : : :º :::: :::: ::’; . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .,-‘ / / : :: :: :: :: : : :::: :::-, ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ;\ . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . /,-‘,’ :: : : : : : : : : :: :: :: : ‘-, ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ;;| . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . /,’,-‘ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: : ::_,-~~,_’-, ;; ;; ;; ;; | . . . . . . .
. . . . . _/ :,’ :/ :: :: :: : : :: :: _,-‘/ : ,-‘;’-‘’’’’~-, ;; ;; ;;,’ . . . . . . . .
. . . ,-‘ / : : : : : : ,-‘’’ : : :,--‘’ :|| /,-‘-‘--‘’’__,’’’ \ ;; ;,-‘ . . . . . . . .
. . . \ :/,, : : : _,-‘ --,,_ : : \ :\ ||/ /,-‘-‘x### ::\ \ ;;/ . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . \/ /---‘’’’ : \ #\ : :\ : : \ :\ \| | : (O##º : :/ /-‘’ . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . /,’____ : :\ ‘-#\ : \, : :\ :\ \ \ : ‘-,___,-‘,-`-,, . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . ‘ ) : : : :’’’’--,,--,,,,,,¯ \ \ :: ::--,,_’’-,,’’’¯ :’- :’-, . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .) : : : : : : ,, : ‘’’’~~~~’ \ :: :: :: :’’’’’¯ :: ,-‘ :,/\ . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .\,/ /|\\| | :/ / : : : : : : : ,’-, :: :: :: :: ::,--‘’ :,-‘ \ \ . . . . . . . .
. . . . .\\’|\\ \|/ ‘/ / :: :_--,, : , | )’; :: :: :: :,-‘’ : ,-‘ : : :\ \, . . . . . . .
. . . ./¯ :| \ |\ : |/\ :: ::----, :\/ :|/ :: :: ,-‘’ : :,-‘ : : : : : : ‘’-,,_ . . . .
. . ..| : : :/ ‘’-(, :: :: :: ‘’’’’~,,,,,’’ :: ,-‘’ : :,-‘ : : : : : : : : :,-‘’’\\ . . . .
. ,-‘ : : : | : : ‘’) : : :¯’’’’~-,: : ,--‘’’ : :,-‘’ : : : : : : : : : ,-‘ :¯’’’’’-,_ .
./ : : : : :’-, :: | :: :: :: _,,-‘’’’¯ : ,--‘’ : : : : : : : : : : : / : : : : : : :’’-,
/ : : : : : -, :¯’’’’’’’’’’’¯ : : _,,-~’’ : : : : : : : : : : : : : :| : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : :¯’’~~~~~~’’’ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : : :

I know its not a cow but any chance we can get admiral ackbar instead??

............................................________........................
....................................,.-...................``~.,..................
.............................,.-...................................-.,............
.........................,/...............................................:,........
.....................,?......................................................\,.....
.................../...........................................................,}....
................./......................................................,:`^`..}....
.............../...................................................,:........./.....
..............?.....__.........................................:`.........../.....
............./__.(.....~-,_..............................,:`........../........
.........../(_....~,_........~,_....................,:`........_/...........
..........{.._$;_......=,_.......-,_.......,.-~-,},.~;/....}...........
...........((.....*~_.......=-._......;,,./`..../............../............
...,,,___.\`~,......~.,....................`.....}............../.............
............(....`=-,,.......`........................(......;_,,-...............
............/.`~,......`-...............................\....../\...................
.............\`~.*-,.....................................|,./.....\,__...........
,,_..........}.>-._\...................................|..............`=~-,....
.....`=~-,_\_......`\,.................................\........................
...................`=~-,,.\,...............................\.......................
................................`:,,...........................`\..............__..
.....................................`=-,...................,%`>--==``.......
........................................_\..........._,-%.......`\...............
...................................,<`.._|_,-&``................`\..............

If this feature is not fixed I am switching back to windows. This is a very crucial feature, and without it I can not get anything done.

It's a killer here. My clients are re-considering their redeployment of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS because of the cow!

apt-get itsatrap! not working for you?

I've found a workaround: use aptitude instead. Even though aptitude moo just isn't the same, it will work for package management.

Since when is an easter egg a bug??
Seriously, does superman looks like a normal human being, no cause he's wearing that costum. So should the super cow look like an ordanary cow? Offcourse not!
It's true that gentoo's cow is more a usual cow but come on, we have are special cow and let it this way, don't open a bug for this!

It needs udders.

To be honest, when this got on the reddit front page, the comments
were less stupid.
Now that its been recycled to digg, its full of stupid comments.

Also, try to address the bug, rather than suggesting other things
(Tareeq), you could always for fork cowsay and make an Admiral Ackbar
program. If so, make a new wishlist and see if anyone picks it up. :)

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 20:23 +0000, shingalated wrote:
> If this feature is not fixed I am switching back to windows. This is a
> very crucial feature, and without it I can not get anything done.

hehehe.
kk

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 00:46 +0000, Toma wrote:
> To be honest, when this got on the reddit front page, the comments
> were less stupid.
> Now that its been recycled to digg, its full of stupid comments.
>

That explains it (I wondered about the sudden new intrest).
kk

How on earth can I trust a group of people that can't make an ASCII cow properly to make an entire OS?!? I'm going back to Windows.

How can i trust a package manager that doesn't produce realistic cows? I'm switching back to slackware's gzipped tarballs.

It doesn't look like a cow because it isn't a cow; it's a McDonalds Elk. Common mistake.

Reproduced in Hardy!

Can someone issue a fix for this?

Unfortunately this is why Linux will never take off, I can see this supermegabug appear on that pesky Linux Haters Blog.. we need a proper cow

I think the current "cow" looks a lot like a goat.

Please, don't have a cow. The issue of how it looks is moot. This continued debate is udderly ridiculous. We should instead be focusing on how to beef up security.

Did you mean an armoured cow?

(and this isn't wasting too much time, don't worry)

Paul, stop milking the joke! :)

2008/7/31 Paul C. Bryan <email address hidden>:
> Please, don't have a cow. The issue of how it looks is moot. This
> continued debate is udderly ridiculous. We should instead be focusing on
> how to beef up security.
>
> --
> apt-get moo doesnt look like a cow
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/56125
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

(warning: the following humour might be offensive)

cowsay -f head-in.cow "In progress."

This is a definite blocker, it affects one's ability to moo, I recommend setting severity to Critical as this is one of apt's few defining features.

Please keep in mind that this bug made one of my friends switch back to windows. Fix it ASAP or you will lose Ubuntu users.
Thank moo...
.
..
...
I mean you...

Still not fixed? OMG!

workaround: thanks to dpkg-divert, one can display his own moo!

$ sudo su -
[passwd]
# dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/apt-get.real --rename /usr/bin/apt-get
# cat > /usr/bin/apt-get
#!/bin/sh
#
if [ "$1" = "moo" ]
then
 /usr/bin/apt-get.real moo | sed -e 's/-\\\//(__)/'
else
 /usr/bin/apt-get.real $@
fi
^d
# chmod +x /usr/bin/apt-get
# exit

How long do we have to wait, to get this crucial bugfix?

Continually declined throughout the distros - maybe the cow will become a dinosaur.

Can't we put a herd of cows in taxis? We need more drivers don't we?

apt-get moo
moo drive printer
moo drive webcam

Do you understand?

To err is human, to moo bovine

it looks like a goat to me than a cow
maybe it should just be apt-get mbek instead ...

I can confirm this bug in apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6 on Jaunty. As a fix I suggest this nifty cow, which I made specially for apt - it's completely original and nobody else uses it for any purpose. And it looks like a cow a lot, which counts.
          _ _
         ((__))
     ____"\''/"
   / (oo)
  /|_______/
    ||W ||
    `` ``

I think that with this new Ayatana project thing and surpassing Apple approach it's important to pay attention even to such a small details as a apt's eastern egg. Whats more, this allows us to finally close this bug and get some attention from media for Ubuntu (I'm looking at You, Digg). Let the world know that we care.

Whoops, Lunchpad messed up my ASCII art, despite all efforts. Please check the cow.png for refference.

confirm.

Okay, i think we never get in compliance which cow is the best super cow, so i propose the following:
APT provides two standard cows: the "old" cow and the cow from Fernando Ribeiro accessible with "apt-get moo" and "apt-get moo moo".
This should be suitable for most users.

For the more advanced users: Possibility to dynamical add (or replace the defaults with) other cows with config settings.
Configuration items are "APT::Get::SuperCow::MOOCOUNTER::LINENUMBER"

Example: the default cow as a config entry which would be displayed by "apt-get moo moo moo":
APT::Get::SuperCow::3 {
1 " (__)";
2 " (oo)";
3 " /------\/";
4 " / | ||";
5 " * /\---/\";
6 " ~~ ~~";
7 "...Have you mooed today?...";
};
(most likely borged by launchpad - but you get the idea)

Note: Quotes can't be used in this cow-construction-code, but you can use escape characters... (colored cows anybody?)

See attached patch for implementation details.
(also available in my experimental branch)
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

i like the cow just how it is, however i would not be apposed to more/multiple cows the more o's there are on moo; similar to the `Super Cow Power`ed aptitude

I suggest that bug #1 should be marked as dependent on this bug.

Can someone check if this is reproducible with apt-build moo? If so, we will have to add the apt-build package as being affected by this bug and update the bug description.

What about vegetarians? I think it is very meat-centrist to only have a super cow confined within the barriers of a ~120k executable. Super cows should be able to roam the filesystem freely!

I think we should replace it with the meat-free "apt-get carrot".

ferrouswheel wrote:
> What about vegetarians? I think it is very meat-centrist to only have a
> super cow confined within the barriers of a ~120k executable. Super cows
> should be able to roam the filesystem freely!
>
> I think we should replace it with the meat-free "apt-get carrot".

The cow is vegetarian, so vegetarians should be super-happy to have a mate in apt.

OK folks, I'm really getting tired of this. We're at 910 - read my lips: ninehundredandten - shortly, and still no fix?

And will someone please mark bug #1 as dependent on this one, as Alexandros suggested?

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue, in the default Ubuntu 9.10 install, that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

-This is not a usability bug. Hence not a papercut.
For further information about papercuts criteria, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut.

Don't worry though, this bug has been marked as "Invalid" only in the papercuts project.

I suggest a big and dramatic fix for the bug is appropriate and in line with the goals of Ubuntu.

An appropriately cow-like image provides a sense of usability and a friendly 'can-do' attitude that encourages the user and generously manifests a sense of well-being. On the other hand, previous suggestions involving Ackbar and other non-sequitur enhancements gives everyone a strong pat on the back when they feel like nothing they do makes any sense anymore.

As a compromise, perhaps a bovine species involving a fantastical graft of Ackbar's head onto the body of the animal may be the most 'apt' solution. After all, a super cow must distinguish itself aesthetically and otherwise.

I would just like to thank the above comments for entertaining me for the afternoon. That is all.

Still an issue in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
It does not look like a cow!

Maybe they tired to make a wildebeest

 _______________________
< Have you mooed today? >
 -----------------------
        \ ^__^
         \ (oo)\_______
            (__)\ )\/\
                ||----w |
                || ||

Update -- Gentoo's moo now looks like this.

Where can I download the source code for apt-get?

I've found the code for aptitude and making changes to the apt-get moo is pretty straightforward.

Where was the fix committed? Please don't change the status without telling why.

hey this bug fix went though I think, I tried it on a new Ubuntu and the cow was different

lol, this is a bug? was it marked critical?

oh it was, ha ha haa

it was fixed that’s funny

Still not fixed in 12.04.2.

Debian asked this question:

"Who's the author of that cow, and what license does it bear? Ascii art is serious business too and shouldn't be reused or modified without permissions neither."

Nobody replied.

         (__)
         (oo)
   /-----(__)
  / | ||
 * /\---/\
    ~~ ~~

Can confirm that the bug is back on 13.04 with the first cow being on apt.

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr still contains handycapped cow:
                 (__)
                 (oo)
           /------\/
          / | ||
         * /\---/\
            ~~ ~~
..."Have you mooed today?"...
Ubuntu developers should make sure, that they understand a difference between Super Cow and Handycapped Cow. If they want to preserve the actual cow, they should change the string about apt and cow in this proposed way `This APT has Handycapped Cow Powers!`. Poor cow

What about this fine lady?

' (__)
' ______=(oo)=
' /( @ @ (__)
' * |_)_@__/
' ||W ||
' "" ""

I've just made it from scratch, so license would be not a problem.

Well, ASCII art is messed again here, so a screenshot should be a better option.

Should be fixed since some time. Try apt-get moo moo. Normal moo keeps the classic cow.

Confirmed, the super cow looks beautiful with apt-get moo moo and apt-get moo moo moo.