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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:57:32 +0000
From:      Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/35155: [PATCH] Misc corrections to the Handbook, chapter 2
Message-ID:  <20020221115732.GA575@rhadamanth>
In-Reply-To: <200202202000.g1KK08V36428@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200202202000.g1KK08V36428@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:00:08PM -0800, Michael Lucas wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/35155; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
> To: Priit Piipuu <priit@bsd.ee>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: docs/35155: [PATCH] Misc corrections to the Handbook, chapter 2
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:50:11 -0500
> 
>  Priit,
>  
>  Thanks for the patch.  You're mixing some whitespace changes with
>  content changes, however, to wit:
>  
>  >  	    <para>Here is where you must set the floppy to boot into a
>  >  	      serial console. You have to make a file called
>  > -	      <filename>boot.config</filename> containing "/boot/loader
>  > -	      -h".  All this does is pass a flag to the bootloader to
>  > -	      boot into a serial console.</para>
>  > +	      <filename>boot.config</filename> containing 
>  > +	      <quote>/boot/loader -h</quote>.  All this does is pass a flag to 
>  > +	      the bootloader to boot into a serial console.</para>
>  >  
>  
>  The last line here is a gratuitous whitespace diff.

Does that really qualify as a _gratuitous_ whitespace diff ?

He's made changes to the two lines above, and then wrapped
the line since it's now really long.

I'd have thought that since the surrounding text has changed, it's not
going to be too hard for anyone to notice.

Can I get some second opinions on this, since I do similar things most
of the time (if changes to a line make it really long, insert a newline
while I'm at it) ??

Ceri

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