Re: git: b7f2a457a883 - main - arch.7: grammar fixes
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:01:45 UTC
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 4:17 PM Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> The branch main has been updated by maxim: >> >> URL: >> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b7f2a457a883c8530c9b6111cee6a988ce5b7249 >> >> commit b7f2a457a883c8530c9b6111cee6a988ce5b7249 >> Author: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org> >> AuthorDate: 2025-02-04 20:26:53 +0000 >> Commit: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org> >> CommitDate: 2025-02-04 20:26:53 +0000 >> >> arch.7: grammar fixes >> >> The "for hysterical raisons" was a nice one, though. >> >> MFC after: 3 days >> --- >> share/man/man7/arch.7 | 4 ++-- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/share/man/man7/arch.7 b/share/man/man7/arch.7 >> index a3c875df0bff..796c6db7d299 100644 >> --- a/share/man/man7/arch.7 >> +++ b/share/man/man7/arch.7 >> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ userland interfaces relating to underlying hardware >> platform >> differences in bus architecture, device enumeration and boot interface. >> Generally, >> .Dv MACHINE >> -should only be used in src/sys and src/stand or in system imagers or >> +should only be used in src/sys and src/stand or in system images or >> installers. >> > > "system imagers" is a real term -- people or scripts who image (i.e., > install) systems. I think "imagers" makes more sense than "images" here > since the "system image" would typically be a static set of data and the > imager is a thing that is potentially dynamic (i.e., needing to control > MACHINE or behave differently depending on its value) and the system images > that it produce do not gain any value from examining MACHINE). > > > >> .It Dv MACHINE_ARCH >> Represents the CPU processor architecture. >> @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ in the top level Makefile for cross building. >> Unused outside of that scope. >> It is not passed down to the rest of the build. >> Makefiles outside of the top level should not use it at all (though >> -some have their own private copy for hysterical raisons). >> +some have their own private copy for historical reasons). >> >> > I agree that "hysterical raisons" is fun but do not propose to revert that > part. > This makes me sad, but I understand. It's a joke that goes back to the 90s when I worked for Solbourne Computer in Longmont. It was in their sh(1) manual page for why /bin/sh accepted ^ as an alias for |. Warner -Ben >