Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:40:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Message-ID: <200211200640.gAK6e3NS064712@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/45493; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:47:26 +1100 (EST) On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >Description: > The comment for the adjkerntz entry in /etc/crontab is not > clear. The comma usage makes it unclear which cadse is the accepted > and which is rejected. > >How-To-Repeat: > Not applicable. > >Fix: > > --- crontab Mon Jun 10 21:20:09 2002 > +++ crontab.new Tue Nov 19 13:14:47 2002 > @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ > 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly > # > # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock, > -# does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock. > +# does nothing if you have UTC cmos clock. > # See adjkerntz(8) for details. > 1,31 0-5 * * * root adjkerntz -a Something should be done about the first comma too. crontab is apparently supposed to be written in non-English with all "sentences" in comments not beginning with a capital letter and not ending with a period, but the comment about adjkerntz violates this by using bad English (a comma splice) in its first line, the stray comma and a period in its second line, and actual English in its last line. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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