Bug 66481
| Summary: | [patch] share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING tyops | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Michel Lavondes <fox> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Michel Lavondes
2004-05-10 18:40:15 UTC
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks! On Mon, 10 May 2004, Michel Lavond=E8s wrote: > Patch also available at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/pauamma/1231.ht= ml > > --- share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING.orig=09Wed May 5 09:17:25 = 2004 > +++ share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING=09Wed May 5 09:19:47 2004 > - it descending into on the source to obtain a list of excepti= ons > + it descends into on the source to obtain a list of exception= s ^^ The "on" should be removed. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA On Mon, 10 May 2004, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2004, Michel Lavondès wrote: > > > --- share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING.orig Wed May 5 09:17:25 2004 > > +++ share/examples/diskless/README.TEMPLATING Wed May 5 09:19:47 2004 > > > - it descending into on the source to obtain a list of exceptions > > + it descends into on the source to obtain a list of exceptions > ^^ > The "on" should be removed. I don't think so. The whole sentence reads as follows: * The program accesses a file called .cpignore in each directory it descends into on the source to obtain a list of exceptions for that directory -- that is, files not to copy or mess with. Perhaps it could be reworded as "each directory of the source [tree] into which it descends", but this is (IMHO) a matter of taste, and I'd rather not get involved in those. -- "I'd ask if you'd found the right sort of isolated wasteland for your citadel of dread yet, but that would be a silly question; you're in Utah, after all." --ESR to Darl McBride (Chief Excessive Ossifier of Squandered Clues Obstination), in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/mcbride.html On Tue, 11 May 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Michel Lavond=E8s wrote: > > The "on" should be removed. > > I don't think so. The whole sentence reads as follows: > > * The program accesses a file called .cpignore in each director= y > it descends into on the source to obtain a list of exceptions > for that directory -- that is, files not to copy or mess with= =2E > > Perhaps it could be reworded as "each directory of the source [tree] into > which it descends", but this is (IMHO) a matter of taste, and I'd rather > not get involved in those. Ah--it's not an extra word, but a clash of phrasing. Sorry, I saw it out of context. How about: Each source directory is checked for a file called .cpignore. If present, this file contains a list of exceptions: files that are not to be copied or messed with. "Messed with" is a little, uh, messy. It doesn't really tell the reader what might happen to a file. It could be copied, or it could be overwritten. The last three words could be dropped if it just won't be copied; otherwise, seems like "cpignore" is a misnomer. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA On Tue, 11 May 2004, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Michel Lavondès wrote: > > > I don't think so. The whole sentence reads as follows: [snipped] > > How about: > > Each source directory is checked for a file called > .cpignore. If present, this file contains a list of > exceptions: files that are not to be copied or messed with. Perhaps. Feel free to suggest (or commit if you're a committer) your own wording as a PR if you feel strongly about it. I just wanted the obvious grammar problem fixed, and it is, so I'm content. :-) -- "I'd ask if you'd found the right sort of isolated wasteland for your citadel of dread yet, but that would be a silly question; you're in Utah, after all." --ESR to Darl McBride (Chief Excessive Ossifier of Squandered Clues Obstination), in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/mcbride.html |
