On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 10:21:14PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > In this man page, things like "gnu-system-type", "debian-architecture" are > written with a dash, in several other man pages in dpkg those are written > with an underscore. An example would be: > -msgid "B<-a>I<debian-architecture>" > +msgid "B<-a>I<debian_architecture>" > but I did not go through systematically, as I don't know if there is a subtle > reason *not* to use underscores in this man page. If you want, I can provide > a complete list, though. [...] > -"option will not expand the architecture wildcards. Command finishes with an > " > +"action will not expand the architecture wildcards. Command finishes with an > "
I've not fixed these ones. > Why is linux-alpha a wildcard? > "E<lt>kernelE<gt>-E<lt>cpuE<gt>. Examples: linux-any, linux-alpha, any-i386, > " It doesn't sounds like a wilcard to me. I don't know whether it's a typo or if linux-alpha should be removed. > -msgid "Check if the current architecture or a given one are equal:" > +msgid "Check if the current architecture and a given one are equal:" > > -msgid "Check if the current architecture or a given one are Linux systems:" > +msgid "Check if the current architecture and a given one are Linux systems:" These ines are followed by two examples. I think it means that you can check the equality between the architecture given with -e and the current architecture: dpkg-architecture -ilinux-any or you can check equality between the architecture given with -e and the one given with -a: dpkg-architecture -ai386 -ilinux-any I propose "Check if an architecture is equal to the current architecture or a given one:" The second could be: "Check if the current architecture or an architecture provided with -a are Linux systems:" > Btw. what exactly are \\s-1 and \\s0 doing? It tells roff to use a smaller font. For man pages displayed on a terminal, it is ignored. It may be useful when the man pages are used to generate HTML or PostScript. IMO, they come from a time when the pages were generated and could be removed now. Kind Regards, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
