Re: [PATCH] Typo fixes: preceed -> precede

On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 03:49:03PM -0500, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:02:23AM -0500, Andre Guibert de Bruet  
> >wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>The attached patch fixes the misspelling of the word "precede" in CVS
> >>HEAD in a number of source files and man pages. It needs to be
> >>applied in src/. Could someone commit it?
> >>
> >>It can also be found online at: https://bling.properkernel.com/
> >>freebsd/20061227-fix-preceed.patch
> >>
> >>PS: This patch does not fix the instances in src/contrib/ as it is my
> >>understanding that these are vendor imported sources. I will take
> >>these up with the appropriate people.
> >
> >Thank you for spotting those typos!  Personally, I hate typos in
> >comments and docs as they make me suspect that the author didn't
> >have enough concentration to write good code either. :-)
> 
> I feel the same way.
> 
> >My only remark is that we should't touch the files in src/crypto/
> >or the manpages in src/secure/.  The former are much like those
> >in src/contrib/, while the latter are auto-generated from the POD
> >files in src/crypto/.
> 
> I have the POD files fixed in my local repo. Would you like the patches?

Excuse me, but the POD files shouldn't be changed in the FreeBSD
repo because src/crypto contains imported third-party software,
like src/contrib does.  The separation was due to the legal issues
about cryptographic programs.  See src/crypto/README.

-- 
Yar