From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 07:26:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99255106567A for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:26:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 180448FC13 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7I7Q0VJ015352; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o7I7Q0GE015351; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <201008180726.o7I7Q0GE015351@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@spatula.net In-Reply-To: <20100818044958.9670E1701D@turing.morons.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-bugs User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.4 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:16 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: misc/149756: The word "children" is missing from ?/usr/share/dict/words X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@spatula.net List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:26:18 -0000 Nick Johnson wrote: > > Number: 149756 > > Category: misc > > Synopsis: The word "children" is missing from /usr/share/dict/words > [...] > > Description: > Somehow in compiling /usr/share/dict/words the fairly common word, "children" was omitted. > > > How-To-Repeat: > grep -w children /usr/share/dict/words > > > Fix: > Could just add the word, but it would be more useful to figure out how it came to be that this particular > word ended up being omitted. Just a quick answer to that question: The "words" file was derived from a dictionary and doesn't contain plural forms, including irregular ones. For example, it doesn't contain the word "feet" either. Of course, in order to be useful for spell checking, it would make sense to add those words. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton