Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:50:03 GMT From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Message-ID: <201009111550.o8BFo3Hm033346@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/150490; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/150490: newfs man page clarification Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:17:32 +0300 --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:08:37AM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: > >Number: 150490 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: newfs man page clarification [snip] > -NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk. > +NB: Erasing may take as long time as it writes to every sector on the di= sk. Uhm, I believe the original wording is correct. The "as" in "as writing" h= ere does not stand for "because"; it's part of a "as ... as ..." construction which... oh, well, all right :) I guess it might be a bit clearer to say something like: Erasing may take time as long as writing every sector on the disk. =2E..or something like that, though it's not much clearer than the original= :) The original author's point here is that the time that erasing takes is as long (a time) as (the time it takes) writing every sector on the disk. Or something like that :) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@space.bg roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when = appended to its quotation. --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMi52IAAoJEGUe77AlJ98TPP8P/i5TaiQIQ4ycrTKRzcwxGvIE pIYyXwS4cOJYBOPmOlVhPp0ofKPgNJAncIw1PI2YxYkozPpo8VZwgN8hm/8WgM6D U2PnDCg+oS5bp39w2Ktcdqaf73yp3LP8/OnpG9A00/6soA+kkb1RUYN4EQjEzuZ/ B6i91/wleOlj6YpSzNjxuZyqdsVyJQvF4k0aAqmGA/ycTXkFUGH4kGYr+zFBQeus uH/OKWVjFswlZJm5lBsWSGqynJbaIcIiLbzDt8kZAljTAr5ml61MnSH6o4BG7dO4 9WhxYaSKMyk6BytBo+lLplCx2bMo3riYpumR7i+R5LLah4Yi+ZQy8flmecelWfTV VLQxtPXFOemfNhyttmb5dFs6hdLIHDhyHu/FtFBEL8eklMCxh+vX6a81SzgqGH7w 4umUZnp4AkJLD3WSeCzX/tDnGoq6tNZLEkXOzABMuyih6MDNXdHQS5gGvXN5PTCY N2z3ZuvMrqfYugQsFHZrlD53Fu5v80WeEANJCj+naRh01/GxhrbFJxhdd/GYZJ+X 2G1x4IoXXXEKYtnYUiSXYqytr/t4xzRz462RZFtfQ08Ldrq/FoA0kwv7cCGk1jyn sDrH5rtqnS38OlLo5dXdkS0zDLppyJhCUtem6WMywFzCIy3PjRLyWCa7anHmBIHf +o78DGrBIXZhsUKs7Ci2 =yFkz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--
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