Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:28:50 +0100 (CET) From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/121424: Rectify ambiguous English in manual Message-ID: <200803061128.m26BSouS052375@fire.js.berklix.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200803061130.m26BU2Fc078047@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 121424 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Rectify ambiguous English in manual >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 06 11:30:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 >Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Linux Unix Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen. >Environment: System: FreeBSD fire.js.berklix.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Sep 17 23:01:21 CEST 2007 jhs@fire.js.berklix.net:/usr1/src/sys/amd64/compile/FIRE64.small amd64 >Description: Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time, ("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence" "might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read). >How-To-Repeat: - >Fix: This patch applies to at least all between 4.0 & 7.0 I append a copy of http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.REL=ALL.diff Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time, ("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence" "might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read). *** 4.0-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.orig Tue Jul 18 13:48:16 2000 --- gen/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Tue Jul 18 13:49:20 2000 *************** *** 577,583 **** .Cm recv is invalid. .Pp ! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating from the local host have no receive interface, while packets destined for the local host have no transmit interface. --- 577,583 ---- .Cm recv is invalid. .Pp ! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating from the local host have no receive interface, while packets destined for the local host have no transmit interface. # *** 3.4-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Thu Apr 13 11:25:36 2000 # --- jhs/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Fri Apr 14 08:37:46 2000 # *************** # *** 596,602 **** # .Ar recv # is invalid. # .Pp # ! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating # from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for # the local host have no transmit interface. # .Pp # --- 596,602 ---- # .Ar recv # is invalid. # .Pp # ! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating # from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for # the local host have no transmit interface. # .Pp >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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