misc/155385: geli manual

Garrett Wollman wollman at hergotha.csail.mit.edu
Tue Mar 8 23:10:09 UTC 2011


The following reply was made to PR misc/155385; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Wollman <wollman at hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
To: mirto at riseup.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/155385: geli manual
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:08:20 -0500 (EST)

 In article <201103082258.p28Mwn4M026411 at red.freebsd.org>,
 mirto at riseup.net writes:
 
 >There is a phrase in geli man pages that I would classify as sexist:
 >
 >     "Create an encrypted provider, but use two keys: one for your girlfriend
 >     and one for you (so there will be no tragedy if she forgets her
 >     passphrase):"
 
 To assume that "you" must be male and describe this as "sexist" is
 heteronormative.
 
 -GAWollman


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