Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 01:17:59 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>, Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make job.c main.c make.1 Message-ID: <200204130017.g3D0HxOF097410@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> of "Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:59:07 EDT." <20020412195907.K28249@espresso.q9media.com>
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> Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> writes:
> > > charnier 2002/04/12 06:23:34 PDT
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > usr.bin/make job.c main.c make.1
> > > Log:
> > > Reorder #include. Cast arg #2 of lseek to an off_t when constant. No need to
> > > test if failsafe memory allocation fails, it can't. perror -> warn. Use
> > > failsafe memory allocation provided.
> > >
> > > Use .Pa and .Ar. Uppercase (first letter) programname after dot.
> > >
> > > Revision Changes Path
> > > 1.29 +6 -8 src/usr.bin/make/job.c
> > > 1.52 +4 -10 src/usr.bin/make/main.c
> > > 1.49 +18 -14 src/usr.bin/make/make.1
> >
> > I believe that the last time this came up, the consensus what that
> > program names aren't capitalised, even if they're the first word in a
> > sentence.
>
> I prefer "The make utility..." or something to that affect. That way
> you don't need to break English or the reverse-proper name, make.
Yes, avoiding the problem seems sensible :*)
> Best regards,
> Mike Barcroft
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