bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #13363, Typos in find and locate manpages.

 
 

bug #13363: Typos in find and locate manpages.

Submitter:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted:  Fri 10 Jun 2005 06:08:51 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.2.21 Fixed Release:  4.2.22
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Sun 12 Jun 2005 10:42:03 PM UTC, comment #5: 

You can download a release of findutils in which this problem is
fixed from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils.

The releases on alpha.gnu.org are for testing purposes, so please
take the time to download the release and verify that your
problem has been solved.  Once the release has been sufficiently
tested, it can be uploaded to ftp.gnu.org for everybody to use it.

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Sat 11 Jun 2005 10:30:26 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I had the sense of your changes for "writable" mentally reversed - that is, I thought you were 'correcting' in the wrong direction.

This is now fixed in the development code.

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Sat 11 Jun 2005 09:26:04 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Forwarded comment by A. Costa:

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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:09:07 +0000                                                                                                 
James Youngman <savannah-bounces@gnu.org> wrote:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   

> The patch I have actually applied is attached (I don't think 'writable' is a                                                     
> spelling error).                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                   
Did you mean:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
        1) I don't think 'writable' is a spelling error                                                                            
        2) I don't think 'writeable' is a spelling error                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
Cause you wrote #1, but judging from context probably meant #2.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
In any case "writEable" is an error:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                   
        % echo writable | ispell -l -d american | ispell -l -d british ;echo $?                                                    
        0                       # no output, it's correct.                                                                         
        % echo writeable | ispell -l -d american | ispell -l -d british ;echo $?                                                   
        writeable       # not in dictionaries.                                                                                     
        0                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                   
And 'find' in 'findutils' v4.2.20-2 has:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
        % man find | grep -n writeable                                                                                             
        981:       Search for files which are writeable by somebody (their owner, or their                                         
        991:       symbolic form.  These commands all search for files which are writeable                                         
        993:       writeable by both the owner and group to be matched; either will do.                                            
        1000:       writeable by both their owner and their group.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                   
Unfortunately it seems the modified patch here:                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
        http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=13363&item_file_id=2591                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
Omits my four corrections of 'writEable'.  :'(                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
If doubt remains, see also this search for 'writable':                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
        http://www.onelook.com/?w=writable&ls=a                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
...which returns:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
        We found 7 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word writable:                                           
                                                                                                                                   
        General dictionaries General (7 matching dictionaries)                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
           1. writable : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition [home, info]                                            
           2. writable : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]                                    
           3. writable : Dictionary.com [home, info]                                                                               
           4. writable : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]                                                               
           5. Writable : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]                                                         
           6. writable : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]                                                   
           7. Writable : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]                                                        
                                                                                                                                   
Apologies if that seems like overkill; but it seems safer to err on the                                                            
side of caution.  Thanks for maintaining these packagages and checking                                                             
the other typos -- especially since I have reported one or two bad ones                                                            
before.  HTH...

Anonymous
Sat 11 Jun 2005 07:10:38 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Oops, previously selected the wrong status by a slip of the mouse.

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Sat 11 Jun 2005 07:09:06 AM UTC, comment #1: 

The patch I have actually applied is attached (I don't think 'writable' is a spelling error).



This problem is fixed in the CVS code for findutils.
To resolve your problem, you could either wait for the
next official release of findutils, or check out a copy
of the code from the CVS repository for findutils.

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Fri 10 Jun 2005 06:08:51 PM UTC, original submission:  

Hello,

This is http://bugs.debian.org/312760 and http://bugs.debian.org/312761 respectively.

A Costa found a couple of typos in the manpages and provided a fix.

patch against CVS is attached.
            cu andreas

Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

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file #3075:  actually-applied.diff added by jay (2KiB - text/x-patch)
file #3073:  manpages.diff added by ametzler (3KiB - text/plain - patch against CVS)

 

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    2005-06-12 jay Fixed ReleaseNone 4.2.22
    2005-06-12 jay Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2005-06-11 jay StatusWont Fix Fixed
    2005-06-11 jay StatusNone Wont Fix
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