* strange english in docstring
@ 2021-01-16 19:51 Vincent Legoll
2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari
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From: Vincent Legoll @ 2021-01-16 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Hello,
I don't understand the following docstring
english (even if I guess the meaning):
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/system.scm#n861
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Vincent Legoll
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* Re: strange english in docstring
2021-01-16 19:51 strange english in docstring Vincent Legoll
@ 2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari
2021-01-21 11:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Leo Famulari @ 2021-01-16 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vincent Legoll; +Cc: guix-devel
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 08:51:32PM +0100, Vincent Legoll wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't understand the following docstring
> english (even if I guess the meaning):
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/system.scm#n861
Indeed, it looks like a typo.
I bet it was rewritten from something like "Return *something*
containing the static part of the /etc directory."
It should probably say "Return a <service> that builds the static part
of the /etc directory."
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* Re: strange english in docstring
2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari
@ 2021-01-21 11:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2021-01-21 11:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leo Famulari; +Cc: guix-devel
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 08:51:32PM +0100, Vincent Legoll wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I don't understand the following docstring
>> english (even if I guess the meaning):
>>
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/system.scm#n861
>
> Indeed, it looks like a typo.
>
> I bet it was rewritten from something like "Return *something*
> containing the static part of the /etc directory."
>
> It should probably say "Return a <service> that builds the static part
> of the /etc directory."
Oops, I’ll push a fix.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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