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* Errors in util-linux man pages, here: sfdisk.8: Typo
@ 2020-05-14 18:51 Helge Kreutzmann
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From: Helge Kreutzmann @ 2020-05-14 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: util-linux; +Cc: mario.blaettermann

Dear util-linux maintainers.
the manpage-l10n project maintains a large number of translations of
man pages both from a large variety of sources (including util-linux) as
well for a large variety of target languages.

During their work translators notice different possible issues in the
original (english) man pages. Sometiems this is a straightforward
typo, sometimes a hard to read sentence, sometimes this is a
convention not held up and sometimes we simply do not understand the 
original.

We use several distributions as sources and update regularly (at
least every 2 month). This means we are fairly recent (some
distributions like archlinux also update frequently) but might miss
the latest upstream version once a while, so the error might be
already fixed. We apologize and ask you to close the issue immediately
if this should be the case, but given the huge volume of projects and
the very limited number of volunteers we are not able to double check
each and every issue.

Secondly we translators see the manpages in the neutral po format,
i.e. converted and harmonized, but not the original source (be it man,
groff, xml or other). So we cannot provide a true patch (where
possible), but only an approximation which you need to convert into
your source format.

Finally the issues I'm reporting have accumulated over time and are
not always discovered by me, so sometimes my description of the
problem my be a bit limited - do not hesitate to ask so we can clarify
them.

I'm now reporting the errors for your project. If future reports should 
use another channel, please let me know.

**

Man page: sfdisk.8
Issue: partitions → partition

"Wipe filesystem, RAID and partition-table signatures from a newly created "
"partitions, in order to avoid possible collisions.  The argument I<when> can "
"be B<auto>, B<never> or B<always>.  When this option is not given, the "
"default is B<auto>, in which case signatures are wiped only when in "
"interactive mode and after confirmation by user.  In all cases detected "
"signatures are reported by warning messages after a new partition is "
"created.  See also B<wipefs>(8)  command."

Greetings

           Helge

-- 
      Dr. Helge Kreutzmann                     debian@helgefjell.de
           Dipl.-Phys.                   http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php
        64bit GNU powered                     gpg signed mail preferred
           Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/

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* Errors in util-linux man pages, here: sfdisk.8: Typo
@ 2020-05-14 18:52 Helge Kreutzmann
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Helge Kreutzmann @ 2020-05-14 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: util-linux; +Cc: mario.blaettermann

Dear util-linux maintainers.
the manpage-l10n project maintains a large number of translations of
man pages both from a large variety of sources (including util-linux) as
well for a large variety of target languages.

During their work translators notice different possible issues in the
original (english) man pages. Sometiems this is a straightforward
typo, sometimes a hard to read sentence, sometimes this is a
convention not held up and sometimes we simply do not understand the 
original.

We use several distributions as sources and update regularly (at
least every 2 month). This means we are fairly recent (some
distributions like archlinux also update frequently) but might miss
the latest upstream version once a while, so the error might be
already fixed. We apologize and ask you to close the issue immediately
if this should be the case, but given the huge volume of projects and
the very limited number of volunteers we are not able to double check
each and every issue.

Secondly we translators see the manpages in the neutral po format,
i.e. converted and harmonized, but not the original source (be it man,
groff, xml or other). So we cannot provide a true patch (where
possible), but only an approximation which you need to convert into
your source format.

Finally the issues I'm reporting have accumulated over time and are
not always discovered by me, so sometimes my description of the
problem my be a bit limited - do not hesitate to ask so we can clarify
them.

I'm now reporting the errors for your project. If future reports should 
use another channel, please let me know.

**

Man page: sfdisk.8
Issue: s ir → it

"I<bootable> is specified as [B<*>|B<->], with as default not-bootable.  The "
"value of this field is irrelevant for Linux - when Linux runs it has been "
"booted already - but ir might play a role for certain boot loaders and for "
"other operating systems."

Greetings

           Helge

-- 
      Dr. Helge Kreutzmann                     debian@helgefjell.de
           Dipl.-Phys.                   http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php
        64bit GNU powered                     gpg signed mail preferred
           Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/

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