Re: Small typo in /usr/share/examples/make.conf

From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:34:32 +1000
On Mon, 2005-Oct-24 12:11:21 +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, 09:58+0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
>> -#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset arguement
>> +#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset argument
>>  #	must be a ruleset name as specified in devfs.rules(5) file.
>>  #	Returns non-zero if it could not set it successfully.
>>  #
>
>Being non-native speaker I am not sure this is a error.  There are
>about a dozen "arguement"s in our src tree and google gives 2.8
>millions.

Being a native speaker, I can guarantee that "argument" is the correct
spelling.  My Concise Macquarie (Australian) dictionary doesn't even
list "arguement" as a valid alternate spelling.  Don't rely on google
for accurate spelling.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Received on Mon Oct 24 2005 - 06:34:36 UTC

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