From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Tue Jul 28 19:47:09 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64533372F4A; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:47:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BGRyh6jXPz3Z1P; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:47:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 06SJl10A075165; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:47:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 06SJl1IC075164; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:47:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202007281947.06SJl1IC075164@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r363598 - head/usr.sbin/nologin In-Reply-To: <65062b6a-9a8e-e4fc-9355-99f26e7ef341@FreeBSD.org> To: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:47:01 -0700 (PDT) CC: rgrimes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, yuripv@freebsd.org Reply-To: rgrimes@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BGRyh6jXPz3Z1P X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:47:09 -0000 > Hi, > > On 7/27/20 7:17 PM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > On 7/27/20 6:41 PM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >>>> Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) > >>>> Date: Mon Jul 27 10:45:47 2020 > >>>> New Revision: 363598 > >>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363598 > >>>> > >>>> Log: > >>>> nologin.8: Improve wording > >>> I disagree that this improves wording. The norm of action for > >>> "logging" in Unix is to "write to syslog", not "log to syslog". > >> Hmm, I agree, but here it is "log using syslog". > > Please read syslog(3) it is rather consistent about using > > "write to syslog". The action of calling syslog(3) is to > > "writes message to the system message logger." > > Obviously, we write to syslog but from what I remember the reason why we decided to change the > wording to "log using syscall" was that you don't write to the syslog(3) function, but you use it > instead. > > > > >> Have you got any idea how to further improve this sentence? > > No, but can we not degrade it? > > Sure. Would you like me to just revert it? Without beter wording that would be easy to do. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org