tags 614021 fixed-upstream thanks On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Regid Ichira <regi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 3.27-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > File: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3.gz
Hello Regid Ichira, Thanks. I applied this for upstream 3.33. Cheers, Michael > --- fflush.3.orig 2011-02-19 02:47:40.000000000 +0200 > +++ fflush.3.new 2011-02-19 02:49:06.000000000 +0200 > @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ > For input streams, > .BR fflush () > discards any buffered data that has been fetched from the underlying file, > -but has not been by the application. > +but has not been consumed by the application. > The open status of the stream is unaffected. > .PP > If the > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Justin B Rye <j...@edlug.org.uk> > To: debian-l10n-engl...@lists.debian.org > Cc: Regid Ichira <regi...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 2:08:01 AM > Subject: Re: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3: syntactically and logically > correctness vs readability (of just 1 sentence) > > Regid Ichira wrote: >> Subject: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3: syntactically and logically >> correctness vs readability (of just 1 sentence) > > (That's fflush(3) in manpages-dev, dlocate tells me) > >> Is >> >> For input streams, fflush() discards any buffered data that has been >>fetched from >> the underlying file, but has not been by the application. >> >> syntactically and logically correct? > > It certainly looks as if there's a missing word there. > >> Is >> >> For input streams, fflush() discards any buffered data that has been >>fetched from >> the underlying file, but has not been consumed by the application. >> >> much more clear? > > That's a plausible syntactic fix, and a plausible thing for the > application to be (metaphorically) doing to the data, so it looks good > to me. > -- > JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian > sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package > > > > > > > > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
