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Date:      Sat, 3 Jun 2006 01:18:22 +0200
From:      Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <20060602231820.GV74938@droso.net>
In-Reply-To: <200606020926.14830.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net> <20060602102502.GF55506@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200606020926.14830.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:26:13AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Friday 02 June 2006 06:25, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > On Friday,  2 June 2006 at 10:38:29 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:54:59AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > >> On Friday,  2 June 2006 at  2:50:47 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, John Baldwin wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > >>>>> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > >>>>>> @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
> > >>>>>> the file must be open for writing.
> > >>>>>> .Sh RETURN VALUES
> > >>>>>> .Rv -std
> > >>>>>> +If the file to be modified is not a directory or
> > >>>>>> +a regular file, the
> > >>>>>> +.Fn truncate
> > >>>>>> +call will return the value 0.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Doesn't "value of 0" sound better?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Not to me, though I can't explain why.  I think the phrase "X will=
=20
> return
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> value Y" is common in man pages though.
> > >>>
> > >>> "will return" sounds strange to be.
> > >>
> > >> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense.
> > >
> > > May I recommend that one of you just change it?
> >=20
> > What colour?
>=20
> Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck*
>=20
That's a whole new shed. And definately a new tint!

-erwin

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Erwin Lansing                                     http://droso.org
Security is like an onion.          (o_ _o)
It's made up of several layers   \\\_\   /_///    erwin@FreeBSD.org
And it makes you cry.            <____) (____>    erwin@aauug.dk

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