Debian Bug report logs - #312760
'man find' typos: "comatibility", "directores", "proceses", "preiods", and "writeable" x 4

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: A Costa <agcosta@gis.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: 'man find' typos: "comatibility", "directores", "proceses", "preiods", and "writeable" x 4

Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:52:41 -0400

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Package: findutils
Version: 4.2.20-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch


Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz', see attached '.diff'.

Hope this helps...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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[find.1.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #12 received at 312760@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "A. Costa" <agcosta@gis.net>

To: 312760@bugs.debian.org

Cc: James Youngman <savannah-bounces@gnu.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#312761: [bug #13363] Typos in find and locate manpages. (Re: 'find' spelling)

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 04:39:47 -0400

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:09:07 +0000
James Youngman <savannah-bounces@gnu.org> wrote:

> The patch I have actually applied is attached (I don't think 'writable' is a
> spelling error).

Did you mean:

	1) I don't think 'writable' is a spelling error
	2) I don't think 'writeable' is a spelling error

Cause you wrote #1, but judging from context probably meant #2. 

In any case "writEable" is an error:

	% echo writable | ispell -l -d american | ispell -l -d british ;echo $?
	0			# no output, it's correct.
	% echo writeable | ispell -l -d american | ispell -l -d british ;echo $?
	writeable	# not in dictionaries.
	0

And 'find' in 'findutils' v4.2.20-2 has:

	% man find | grep -n writeable
	981:       Search for files which are writeable by somebody (their owner, or their
	991:       symbolic form.  These commands all search for files which are writeable
	993:       writeable by both the owner and group to be matched; either will do.
	1000:       writeable by both their owner and their group.

Unfortunately it seems the modified patch here:

	http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=13363&item_file_id=2591

Omits my four corrections of 'writEable'.  :'(

If doubt remains, see also this search for 'writable':

	http://www.onelook.com/?w=writable&ls=a

...which returns:

	We found 7 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word writable:

	General dictionaries General (7 matching dictionaries)

	   1. writable : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition [home, info]
	   2. writable : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	   3. writable : Dictionary.com [home, info]
	   4. writable : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
	   5. Writable : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
	   6. writable : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
	   7. Writable : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info] 

Apologies if that seems like overkill; but it seems safer to err on the
side of caution.  Thanks for maintaining these packagages and checking
the other typos -- especially since I have reported one or two bad ones
before.  HTH...

Message #17 received at 312760-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>

To: 312760-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#312760: fixed in findutils 4.2.22-1

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:47:34 -0400

Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.2.22-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
findutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

findutils_4.2.22-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.22-1.diff.gz
findutils_4.2.22-1.dsc
  to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.22-1.dsc
findutils_4.2.22-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.22-1_i386.deb
findutils_4.2.22.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.22.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 312760@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org> (supplier of updated findutils package)

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:39:46 +0200
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.2.22-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Description: 
 findutils  - utilities for finding files--find, xargs, and locate
Closes: 208307 301934 311384 312760 312761 313081
Changes: 
 findutils (4.2.22-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version
     - fixes infinite loop of "find -follow" on trees with symlinks to ./.
       (Closes: #313081)
     - better documentation for %k and %d printf directives. (Closes: #208307)
     - find filters out non-printable characters (which could mess up the
       terminal) when printing the output to a console. (Closes: #311384)
     - Typo fixes. (Closes: #301934, #312760, #312761) (Thanks, A Costa.)
Files: 
 84b082128b8f4b109efed4749d7d322e 662 base required findutils_4.2.22-1.dsc
 81ef043fbc9203f03225d0dc7f6cb2ec 972905 base required findutils_4.2.22.orig.tar.gz
 8612990949c3c1e82ea102cf856059ab 12261 base required findutils_4.2.22-1.diff.gz
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