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'Expression is evaluated'??=0AMaybe better is 'the package that matches e=
xpression'?=0A=0A'Consider' - here it means 'to use'. But dictionary mean=
ing of 'consider' is 'think about', 'regard' [1], so this is hard for und=
erstanding.=0A=0AGuix Manual, in general, has simple language, good under=
standing, but sometimes its author cracks reader's mind.=0A=0AHope it wil=
l be rewritten and some sensual things (such as partitioning and typing B=
ios Grub config) will be added.=0A=0A[1] https://www.lexico.com/en/defini=
tion/consider=0A=0AJune 24, 2019 3:50 PM, "Andreas Enge" <andreas@enge.fr=
> wrote:=0A=0A> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 06:27:26PM +0000, znavko@disroot.=
org wrote:=0A> =0A>> I cannot understand this string from manual:=0A>> "C=
onsider the package expr evaluates to."=0A> =0A> This is an English short=
cut for the following:=0A> "Consider the package to which expr evaluates.=
"=0A> =0A> So when expr is evaluated, it becomes a package; consider this=
 package.=0A> =0A> Actually I wonder whether it should not be in passive =
voice?=0A> "Consider the package to which expr is evaluated?". Native spe=
aker needed!=0A> =0A> Andreas