From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: strange english in docstring
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:47:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YANQ91tu5V91m8iC@jasmine.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEwRq=p_vtAuc1OJvT5eim4SZGu4pG_WD5_ijWrv1AMvU6mCHw@mail.gmail.com>
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."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-16 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-16 19:51 strange english in docstring Vincent Legoll
2021-01-16 20:47 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2021-01-21 11:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
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