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DISCUSSION Steven Cole 2 participants 2 messages Apr 29, 2003

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Quoted 6 lines · Randy Dunlap

linux-2.5.68-current...

init/main.c: mispelled :)

net/*: apropriate; unparsable; sepciafied;

I don't know what's wrong with "unparsable", but there are quite a few other spelling glitches in net/*. The last line of diffstat -p1 patch-net:

66 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)

I'll send the actual patch (48KB) to Dave M. and Jeff G. in case someone wants to apply this.

Sorry for the cut and paste pseudo-reply; my POP mailserver has been down since Friday. You can reply to me temporarily at:
scole at zianet dot com.

Steven

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Quoted 10 lines · Steven Cole
Quoted 6 lines · Randy Dunlap

linux-2.5.68-current...

init/main.c: mispelled :)

net/*: apropriate; unparsable; sepciafied;

I don't know what's wrong with "unparsable", but there are quite a few other spelling glitches in net/*. The last line of

Methinks the only 'spell-check-able' word for this is:

non-interpretable

In many cases, the correct negative is 'non-' rather than 'un'.

Unfortunately, parsable, parseable, etc., are not (yet) words so they can't be negated with 'non-'.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.