docs/150490: newfs man page clarification

[Peter Pentchev]

The following reply was made to PR docs/150490; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net>
To: Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:17:32 +0300

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 On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:08:37AM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote:
 > >Number:         150490
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       newfs man page clarification
 [snip]
 > -NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk.
 > +NB: Erasing may take as long time as it writes to every sector on the di=
 sk.
 
 Uhm, I believe the original wording is correct.  The "as" in "as writing" h=
 ere
 does not stand for "because"; it's part of a "as ... as ..." construction
 which... oh, well, all right :)  I guess it might be a bit clearer to say
 something like:
 
   Erasing may take time as long as writing every sector on the disk.
 
 =2E..or something like that, though it's not much clearer than the original=
  :)
 The original author's point here is that the time that erasing takes is
 as long (a time) as (the time it takes) writing every sector on the disk.
 
 Or something like that :)
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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