Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 20:35:13 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Message-ID: <20021120100513.GM63395@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200211200640.gAK6e3NS064712@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200211200640.gAK6e3NS064712@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at 22:40:03 -0800, Bruce Evans wrote: > 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. FWIW, the bug fixed by this commit is a Germanism. In German, subordinate clauses *must* be separated by a comma. That doesn't apply to the comma you're looking at. > 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. This is, as you say, a supposition. FWIW, comma splices are valid in German. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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