docs/75574: typos in man3 manual pages, curs_termcap.3, logging.3, login_cap.3.

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 29 02:10:25 UTC 2004


The following reply was made to PR docs/75574; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes at FreeBSD.org>
To: n-kogane at syd.odn.ne.jp
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/75574: typos in man3 manual pages, curs_termcap.3,
 inet6_option_space.3, ipx.3, libalias.3, libdisk.3, libstand.3,	logging.3,
 login_cap.3.
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:08:35 -0500

 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:12:19 +0000 (GMT)
 n-kogane at syd.odn.ne.jp wrote:
 
 >  
 > diff -u curs_termcap.3.orig ./curs_termcap.3
 > --- curs_termcap.3.orig	Sat Dec 18 00:08:08 2004
 > +++ ./curs_termcap.3	Tue Dec 28 04:36:36 2004
 > @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 >  are marked TO BE WITHDRAWN and may be removed in future versions.
 >  
 >  Neither the XSI Curses standard nor the SVr4 man pages documented the return
 > -values of \fBtgetent\fR correctly, though all three were in fact returned ever
 > +values of \fBtgetent\fR correctly, though all there were in fact returned ever
 >  since SVr1.
 >  .SH SEE ALSO
 >  \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBputc\fR(3S).
 
 This is contributed software, which we normally don't modify.
 Is there a way you could have this modification done by the
 vendor?
 
 
 > diff -u inet6_option_space.3.orig ./inet6_option_space.3
 > --- inet6_option_space.3.orig	Sat Dec 18 00:08:11 2004
 > +++ ./inet6_option_space.3	Tue Dec 28 23:52:42 2004
 > @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 >  .Fa *tptrp
 >  must be set to
 >  .Dv NULL .
 > -.Pa
 > +.Pp
 >  This function starts searching for an option of the specified type
 >  beginning after the value of
 >  .Fa *tptrp .
 > diff -u ipx.3.orig ./ipx.3
 > --- ipx.3.orig	Sat Dec 18 00:08:16 2004
 > +++ ./ipx.3	Tue Dec 28 23:54:42 2004
 > @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 >  quantity to be zero extended in the high-network-order bytes.
 >  Next, the field is inspected for hyphens, in which case
 >  the field is assumed to be a number in decimal notation
 > -with hyphens separating the millenia.
 > +with hyphens separating the millennia.
 >  Next, the field is assumed to be a number:
 >  It is interpreted
 >  as hexadecimal if there is a leading
 > diff -u libalias.3.orig ./libalias.3
 > --- libalias.3.orig	Sat Dec 18 00:08:10 2004
 > +++ ./libalias.3	Tue Dec 28 23:56:31 2004
 > @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 >  .Fa buffer ,
 >  and
 >  .Fa maxpacketsize
 > -indicates the maximum packet size permissible should the packet length be
 > +indicates the maximum packet size permissibility should the packet length be
 
 I'm not sure changing one adjective for another adjective which makes
 the sentence sound odd is a good idea.
 
 [SNIP]
 
 The rest looks good to me.
 
 -- 
 Tom Rhodes



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