bin/121424: Rectify ambiguous English in manual

[Julian H. Stacey]

>Number:         121424
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Rectify ambiguous English in manual
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 06 11:30:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com>
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
http://berklix.com BSD Linux Unix Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD fire.js.berklix.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Sep 17 23:01:21 CEST 2007 jhs at fire.js.berklix.net:/usr1/src/sys/amd64/compile/FIRE64.small amd64


	
>Description:
	Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time,
	("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence"
	"might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read).

>How-To-Repeat:
	-
>Fix:
	This patch applies to at least all between 4.0 & 7.0
	I append a copy of
	http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.REL=ALL.diff

Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time,
("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence"
"might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read).

*** 4.0-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.orig	Tue Jul 18 13:48:16 2000
--- gen/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8	Tue Jul 18 13:49:20 2000
***************
*** 577,583 ****
  .Cm recv
  is invalid.
  .Pp
! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets
  originating from the local host have no receive interface,
  while packets destined for the local host have no transmit
  interface.
--- 577,583 ----
  .Cm recv
  is invalid.
  .Pp
! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets
  originating from the local host have no receive interface,
  while packets destined for the local host have no transmit
  interface.
# *** 3.4-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8	Thu Apr 13 11:25:36 2000
# --- jhs/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8	Fri Apr 14 08:37:46 2000
# ***************
# *** 596,602 ****
#   .Ar recv
#   is invalid.
#   .Pp
# ! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating
#   from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for
#   the local host have no transmit interface.
#   .Pp
# --- 596,602 ----
#   .Ar recv
#   is invalid.
#   .Pp
# ! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating
#   from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for
#   the local host have no transmit interface.
#   .Pp


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