--- a/ChangeLog	Mon Dec 21 19:21:30 2009 +0100
+++ b/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 22 19:03:25 2009 +0900
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-21  Jerry James  <james@xemacs.org>
+
+	* INSTALL: Replace reference to yow.
+
 2009-12-18  Jerry James  <james@xemacs.org>
 
 	* INSTALL: Remove reference to rcs-checkin.

--- a/INSTALL	Mon Dec 21 19:21:30 2009 +0100
+++ b/INSTALL	Tue Dec 22 19:03:25 2009 +0900
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 		`/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/*'.
 
 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' holds the XEmacs tutorial, the
-		`yow' database, and other architecture-independent
+		Unicode database, and other architecture-independent
 		files XEmacs might need while running.  VERSION is as
 		specified for `.../lisp'.
 

--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog	Mon Dec 21 19:21:30 2009 +0100
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 22 19:03:25 2009 +0900
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-12-21  Jerry James  <james@xemacs.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in.in: Remove rules for building yow.
+	* yow.c: Removed.
+
 2009-12-18  Jerry James  <james@xemacs.org>
 
 	* Makefile.in.in: Don't install rcs-checkin.

--- a/lib-src/Makefile.in.in	Mon Dec 21 19:21:30 2009 +0100
+++ b/lib-src/Makefile.in.in	Tue Dec 22 19:03:25 2009 +0900
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
  fakemail\
 #endif
  profile make-docfile digest-doc\
- sorted-doc movemail cvtmail yow hexl mmencode
+ sorted-doc movemail cvtmail hexl mmencode
 
 GEN_SCRIPTS = rcs2log vcdiff gzip-el.sh
 PKG_SCRIPTS = add-big-package.sh
@@ -363,9 +363,6 @@
 fakemail: ${srcdir}/fakemail.c ../src/config.h
 	$(CC) $(cflags) ${srcdir}/fakemail.c $(ldflags) -o $@
 
-yow: ${srcdir}/yow.c ../src/paths.h
-	$(CC) $(cflags) ${srcdir}/yow.c $(ldflags) -o $@
-
 i: ${srcdir}/i.c
 	$(CC) $(cflags) ${srcdir}/i.c $(ldflags) -o $@
 

--- a/lib-src/yow.c	Mon Dec 21 19:21:30 2009 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * yow.c
- * 
- * Print a quotation from Zippy the Pinhead.
- * Qux <Kaufman-David@Yale> March 6, 1986
- * 
- * With dynamic memory allocation.
- */
-
-/* Synched up with: FSF 19.28. */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <../src/paths.h>      /* For PATH_DATA.  */
-
-#if __STDC__ || defined(STDC_HEADERS)
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h> /* for time() */
-#endif
-
-#define BUFSIZE  80
-#define SEP      '\0'
-
-#ifndef YOW_FILE
-#define YOW_FILE "yow.lines"
-#endif
-
-void yow (FILE *fp);
-void setup_yow (FILE *fp);
-
-#ifdef WIN32_NATIVE
-#define rootrelativepath(rel) \
-({\
-    static char res[BUFSIZE], *p;\
-    strcpy (res, argv[0]);\
-    p = res + strlen (res);\
-    while (p != res && *p != '/' && *p != '\\' && *p != ':') p--;\
-    strcpy (p + 1, "../");\
-    strcpy (p + 4, rel);\
-    &res;})
-#endif
-
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  FILE *fp;
-  char file[BUFSIZ];
-
-  if (argc > 2 && !strcmp (argv[1], "-f"))
-    strcpy (file, argv[2]);
-  else
-#ifdef PATH_DATA
-#ifdef vms
-    sprintf (file, "%s%s", PATH_DATA, YOW_FILE);
-#else
-    sprintf (file, "%s/%s", PATH_DATA, YOW_FILE);
-#endif
-#else /* !PATH_DATA */
-  {
-    fprintf (stderr,
-     "%s: the location of the \"%s\" file was not supplied at compile-time.\n\
-        You must supply it with the -f command-line option.\n",
-             argv[0], YOW_FILE);
-    exit (1);
-  }
-#endif
-
-  if ((fp = fopen(file, "r")) == NULL) {
-    perror(file);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  /* initialize random seed */
-  srand((int) (getpid() + time((time_t *) 0)));
-
-  setup_yow(fp);
-  yow(fp);
-  fclose(fp);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-static long len = -1;
-static long header_len;
-
-#define AVG_LEN 40		/* average length of a quotation */
-
-/* Sets len and header_len */
-void
-setup_yow (FILE *fp)
-{
-  int c;
-
-  /* Get length of file */
-  /* Because the header (stuff before the first SEP) can be very long,
-   * thus biasing our search in favor of the first quotation in the file,
-   * we explicitly skip that. */
-  while ((c = getc(fp)) != SEP) {
-    if (c == EOF) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "File contains no separators.\n");
-      exit(2);
-    }
-  }
-  header_len = ftell(fp);
-  if (header_len > AVG_LEN)
-    header_len -= AVG_LEN;	/* allow the first quotation to appear */
-	
-  if (fseek(fp, 0L, 2) == -1) {
-    perror("fseek 1");
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  len = ftell(fp) - header_len;
-}
-
-
-/* go to a random place in the file and print the quotation there */
-void
-yow (FILE *fp)
-{
-  long offset;
-  int c, i = 0;
-  char *buf;
-  int bufsize;
-
-  offset = rand() % len + header_len;
-  if (fseek(fp, offset, 0) == -1) {
-    perror("fseek 2");
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  /* Read until SEP, read next line, print it.
-     (Note that we will never print anything before the first separator.)
-     If we hit EOF looking for the first SEP, just recurse. */
-  while ((c = getc(fp)) != SEP)
-    if (c == EOF) {
-      yow(fp);
-      return;
-    }
-
-  /* Skip leading whitespace, then read in a quotation.
-     If we hit EOF before we find a non-whitespace char, recurse. */
-  while (isspace(c = getc(fp)))
-    ;
-  if (c == EOF) {
-    yow(fp);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  bufsize = BUFSIZE;
-  buf = (char *) malloc(bufsize);
-  if (buf == (char *)0) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "can't allocate any memory\n");
-    exit (3);
-  }
-
-  buf[i++] = c;
-  while ((c = getc(fp)) != SEP && c != EOF) {
-    buf[i++] = c;
-	
-    if (i == bufsize-1) {
-      /* Yow! Is this quotation too long yet? */
-      bufsize *= 2;
-      buf = (char *)realloc(buf, bufsize);
-      if (buf == (char *)0) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "can't allocate more memory\n");
-	exit (3);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  buf[i++] = 0;
-  printf("%s\n", buf);
-}
-