* strange english in docstring @ 2021-01-16 19:51 Vincent Legoll 2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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 -- Vincent Legoll ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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." ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: strange english in docstring 2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari @ 2021-01-21 11:17 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread 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’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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