diff -pruN cowsay-3.03-orig/cowsay cowsay-3.03/cowsay
--- cowsay-3.03-orig/cowsay	2000-05-20 03:29:49.000000000 +0200
+++ cowsay-3.03/cowsay	2003-07-24 10:19:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#%BANGPERL%
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 
 ##
 ## Cowsay 3.03
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $version = "3.03";
 $progname = basename($0);
 $eyes = "oo";
 $tongue = "  ";
-$cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || '%PREFIX%/share/cows';
+$cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || '/usr/share/cowsay/cows';
 @message = ();
 $thoughts = "";
 
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ sub maxlength {
 	$l = length $i;
 	$m = $l if ($l > $m);
     }
+    if ($m == -1) {
+	$m = 0;
+    }
     return $m;
 }
 
diff -pruN cowsay-3.03-orig/cowsay.1 cowsay-3.03/cowsay.1
--- cowsay-3.03-orig/cowsay.1	1999-11-04 20:50:40.000000000 +0100
+++ cowsay-3.03/cowsay.1	2003-07-24 10:19:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ much like
 .B PATH or
 .BR MANPATH .
 It should always contain the
-.B /usr/local/share/cows
+.B /usr/share/cowsay/cows
 directory, or at least a directory with a file called 
 .B default.cow
 in it.
 .SH FILES
-.B %PREFIX%/share/cows
+.B /usr/share/cowsay/cows
 holds a sample set of cowfiles.  If your
 .B COWPATH
 is not explicitly set, it automatically contains this directory.