Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:38:39 +0300 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Typo fixes: preceed -> precede Message-ID: <20061230083839.GG76083@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <D02D1F13-D472-426A-AD6A-99937891F1FD@siliconlandmark.com> References: <21FFCA85-E5E5-4B60-BFB5-54C63A33ED90@siliconlandmark.com> <20061229125454.GF76083@comp.chem.msu.su> <D02D1F13-D472-426A-AD6A-99937891F1FD@siliconlandmark.com>
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On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 03:49:03PM -0500, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > >On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:02:23AM -0500, Andre Guibert de Bruet > >wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>The attached patch fixes the misspelling of the word "precede" in CVS > >>HEAD in a number of source files and man pages. It needs to be > >>applied in src/. Could someone commit it? > >> > >>It can also be found online at: https://bling.properkernel.com/ > >>freebsd/20061227-fix-preceed.patch > >> > >>PS: This patch does not fix the instances in src/contrib/ as it is my > >>understanding that these are vendor imported sources. I will take > >>these up with the appropriate people. > > > >Thank you for spotting those typos! Personally, I hate typos in > >comments and docs as they make me suspect that the author didn't > >have enough concentration to write good code either. :-) > > I feel the same way. > > >My only remark is that we should't touch the files in src/crypto/ > >or the manpages in src/secure/. The former are much like those > >in src/contrib/, while the latter are auto-generated from the POD > >files in src/crypto/. > > I have the POD files fixed in my local repo. Would you like the patches? Excuse me, but the POD files shouldn't be changed in the FreeBSD repo because src/crypto contains imported third-party software, like src/contrib does. The separation was due to the legal issues about cryptographic programs. See src/crypto/README. -- Yar
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