GNU bug report logs - #12334
[patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>

Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 11:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>
To: 12334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12334: [patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:42:45 +0200

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012, at 13:54, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > -Ignored; for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}.
> > +Ignored; recognized for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}.
> 
> This seems understandable to me already.

Yes, with a little thought jump it's understandable; the sentence
simply makes more sense with the "recognized" included.

> And besides, the same construct appears in at least 3 other places: [...]

Then I would suggest to change them all.  Would such patch be accepted?

Benno

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