Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 02:10:25 GMT From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/75574: typos in man3 manual pages, curs_termcap.3, logging.3, login_cap.3. Message-ID: <200412290210.iBT2APBi045166@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/75574; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: n-kogane@syd.odn.ne.jp Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/75574: typos in man3 manual pages, curs_termcap.3, inet6_option_space.3, ipx.3, libalias.3, libdisk.3, libstand.3, logging.3, login_cap.3. Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:08:35 -0500 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:12:19 +0000 (GMT) n-kogane@syd.odn.ne.jp wrote: > > diff -u curs_termcap.3.orig ./curs_termcap.3 > --- curs_termcap.3.orig Sat Dec 18 00:08:08 2004 > +++ ./curs_termcap.3 Tue Dec 28 04:36:36 2004 > @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ > are marked TO BE WITHDRAWN and may be removed in future versions. > > Neither the XSI Curses standard nor the SVr4 man pages documented the return > -values of \fBtgetent\fR correctly, though all three were in fact returned ever > +values of \fBtgetent\fR correctly, though all there were in fact returned ever > since SVr1. > .SH SEE ALSO > \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBputc\fR(3S). This is contributed software, which we normally don't modify. Is there a way you could have this modification done by the vendor? > diff -u inet6_option_space.3.orig ./inet6_option_space.3 > --- inet6_option_space.3.orig Sat Dec 18 00:08:11 2004 > +++ ./inet6_option_space.3 Tue Dec 28 23:52:42 2004 > @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ > .Fa *tptrp > must be set to > .Dv NULL . > -.Pa > +.Pp > This function starts searching for an option of the specified type > beginning after the value of > .Fa *tptrp . > diff -u ipx.3.orig ./ipx.3 > --- ipx.3.orig Sat Dec 18 00:08:16 2004 > +++ ./ipx.3 Tue Dec 28 23:54:42 2004 > @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ > quantity to be zero extended in the high-network-order bytes. > Next, the field is inspected for hyphens, in which case > the field is assumed to be a number in decimal notation > -with hyphens separating the millenia. > +with hyphens separating the millennia. > Next, the field is assumed to be a number: > It is interpreted > as hexadecimal if there is a leading > diff -u libalias.3.orig ./libalias.3 > --- libalias.3.orig Sat Dec 18 00:08:10 2004 > +++ ./libalias.3 Tue Dec 28 23:56:31 2004 > @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ > .Fa buffer , > and > .Fa maxpacketsize > -indicates the maximum packet size permissible should the packet length be > +indicates the maximum packet size permissibility should the packet length be I'm not sure changing one adjective for another adjective which makes the sentence sound odd is a good idea. [SNIP] The rest looks good to me. -- Tom Rhodes
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