cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Tools/scripts README README.portsearch ports/Tools/scripts/modules buildmodules.pl

[Garrett Cooper]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Wesley Shields <wxs at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 03:32:25AM +0000, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>> eadler      2011-12-27 03:32:25 UTC
>>>
>>>   FreeBSD ports repository
>>>
>>>   Modified files:
>>>     .                    UPDATING
>>>     Tools/scripts        README README.portsearch
>>>     Tools/scripts/modules buildmodules.pl
>>>   Log:
>>>   - Remove some old duplicate words. They were getting in way of finding newer ones.
>>>
>>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>>   1.23      +2 -2      ports/Tools/scripts/README
>>> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/Tools/scripts/README.diff?r1=1.22&r2=1.23
>>> | --- ports/Tools/scripts/README      2010/01/29 14:52:45     1.22
>>> | +++ ports/Tools/scripts/README      2011/12/27 03:32:25     1.23
>>> | @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
>>> | -$FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/ports/Tools/scripts/README,v 1.22 2010/01/29 14:52:45 kuriyama Exp $
>>> | +$FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/ports/Tools/scripts/README,v 1.23 2011/12/27 03:32:25 eadler Exp $
>>> |
>>> |  ardiff     - compare two archives easily
>>> |  addport    - replacement for easy-import
>>> | @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ portsearch - A utility for searching the
>>> |                   fields. This option behaves differently to the other op-
>>> |                   tions, see the EXAMPLES section
>>> |
>>> | -      -f file    Use the index file file instead of /usr/ports/INDEX
>>> | +      -f file    Use the index file instead of /usr/ports/INDEX
>>
>> I don't think this was a duplicate word. It's letting you know that it
>> expects to find an INDEX file named "file" (for whatever you specify).
>>
>>>   1.2       +1 -1      ports/Tools/scripts/README.portsearch
>>> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/Tools/scripts/README.portsearch.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2
>>> | --- ports/Tools/scripts/README.portsearch   2000/08/28 11:37:23     1.1
>>> | +++ ports/Tools/scripts/README.portsearch   2011/12/27 03:32:25     1.2
>>> | @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
>>> |                   fields. This option behaves differently to the other op-
>>> |                   tions, see the EXAMPLES section
>>> |
>>> | -      -f file    Use the index file file instead of /usr/ports/INDEX
>>> | +      -f file    Use the index file instead of /usr/ports/INDEX
>>
>> Same here.
>
> Would changing that to something like "Use an alternative index file
> instead of /usr/ports/INDEX" make it more clear?

Or index-file file (that's what I typically do in usage messages for
scripts I write). Anything to help denote the noun from what it's
describing would help :).
Thanks!
-Garrett