Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:05:21 -0500 From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/mt mt.1 Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.10.9905041359090.17636-100000@demios.scl.ameslab.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905041151110.13803-100000@feral.com>
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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > I haven't checked this change yet (freefall seems to be down again), but I > can assure you I'm really pissed off if somebody changed hardware block to > SCSI logical block- the terms were specifically and precisely chosen. The > author of the change should check with someone who knows first. > > SCSI logical block is one method of tape positioning. Hardware block is > another. Confusing the two by making random edits is not good. Rest assured, the two are *not* confused. The man page explains the option for setting the hardware block, then goes on to explain the option for setting the logical block. The correction to the man page fixes the explanation of the logical positioning option, where text that mentioned "hardware block" had apparently been cut and pasted from the previous option without changing "hardware" to "logical". If the terms are specifically and precisely chosen, either this change is correct or the man page was completely wrong. I don't care for the characterization of this as a random edit. > On Tue, 4 May 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > Guy Helmer wrote... > > > ghelmer 1999/05/04 11:22:39 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > usr.bin/mt mt.1 > > > Log: > > > Add missing parenthesis. Change "hardware block" to "SCSI logical block". > > > While I'm here, fix dangling "to". > > > > > > PR: docs/9940 > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > 1.14 +4 -4 src/usr.bin/mt/mt.1 > > > > mt is used on non-SCSI tape devices as well, so saying "SCSI" logical block > > may not be quite correct. Guy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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