misc/88252: units table errors/omissions for troy ounce conversions

J Vinopal banshee at abattoir.com
Sun Oct 30 13:10:10 PST 2005


>Number:         88252
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       units table errors/omissions for troy ounce conversions
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 30 21:10:08 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     J Vinopal
>Release:        4.11-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD XXX 4.11-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0: Fri Apr  8 19:22:49 PDT 2005     XXX:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GABFIREWALL  i386            
>Description:
Updates to /usr/share/misc/units.lib

The "pennyweight" is 1/20th of a troy ounce, not the std ounce.  It should = 24 grains.

Add "dwt" as an abbreviation for "pennyweight".  This is commonly used in the mining community.

Also "troy ounce" or perhaps "troz" should be added as a synonym for "apounce". 

troyounce               apounce
troz                    apounce
pennyweight             1|20 troz (or apounce)
pwt                     pennyweight
dwt                     pennyweight

>How-To-Repeat:
         
>Fix:
Delete pennyweight = 1|20 oz

troyounce               apounce
troz                    apounce
pennyweight             1|20 troz (or apounce)
pwt                     pennyweight
dwt                     pennyweight
     
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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