Small typo in /usr/share/examples/make.conf

Ulrich Spoerlein q at galgenberg.net
Mon Oct 24 01:36:12 PDT 2005


On Mon, 24.10.2005 at 12:11:21 +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> > --- /etc/rc.subr	Sun Oct 23 11:23:59 2005
> > +++ /etc/rc.subr.new	Mon Oct 24 09:53:17 2005
> > @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
> >  }
> >
> >  # devfs_set_ruleset ruleset [dir]
> > -#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset arguement
> > +#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset argument
> >  #	must be a ruleset name as specified in devfs.rules(5) file.
> >  #	Returns non-zero if it could not set it successfully.
> >  #
> 
> Being non-native speaker I am not sure this is a error.  There are
> about a dozen "arguement"s in our src tree and google gives 2.8
> millions.

I see. My Dictionary of Contemporary English lists 'argument' only (no
AE, BE distinction). There are 117 million google hits for 'argument'
though.

In /usr/src we have 35547 hits vs. 11 hits.

No, I'm *not* saying all these should be fixed. We should probably just
forget the matter.

Ulrich Spoerlein
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Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
didn't you understand?
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