On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 17:59:18 -0700 Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> wrote:
> >> The ``/run/reboot-required`` mechanism is used when a reboot is > >> needed to fully apply the changes introduced by a package > >> installation or upgrade. Typically it is the ``postinst`` > >> maintainer script that touches ``/run/reboot-required``, at the > >> end of a successful configuration of the package. > > > > I used your text, removing an "a". > > Hmm, may I ask whether you are a native speaker of English? I am, and > it reads better with the 'a', to me. But don't worry, you do not need > to prepare a new diff, as I can fix that when committing. Yup. I'm a native English speaker. You made me curious. I guess it depends on whether the noun-ification (gerund -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund) of the verb "reboot" is "reboot" or "rebooting". Without an "a" in the above: ...used when rebooting is needed... Since reboot is only recently a word, and English is whack, who knows what's right. I suppose I think "reboot" is both a noun and a verb because "boot" is both a noun and a verb. (Boot him out. I gave him the boot. In the latter both senses work.) Anyway, do whatever you think best. Regards, Karl <k...@meme.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein
