From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id KMVsKCxkCWDxXQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:23:24 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id 0I5KJCxkCWAKDgAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:23:24 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A4C6940309 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:23:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:44610 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2Y3f-00087y-CY for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:23:23 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49920) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2XyS-0004R6-JF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:18:00 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40389) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2XyR-0003ca-GZ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:17:59 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=47618 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l2XyQ-00054a-Ob; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:17:59 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: strange english in docstring References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:17:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Leo Famulari's message of "Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:47:51 -0500") Message-ID: <874kjabkt6.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.85 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 6A4C6940309 X-Spam-Score: -2.85 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: FwOc6STF4JGa Leo Famulari skribis: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 08:51:32PM +0100, Vincent Legoll wrote: >> Hello, >>=20 >> I don't understand the following docstring >> english (even if I guess the meaning): >>=20 >> 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 that builds the static part > of the /etc directory." Oops, I=E2=80=99ll push a fix. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.