Subject: bug#43707: closed (Re: bug#43707: [PATCH] stat: use a colon before a list, and don't use backticks as quotes)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:09:01 +0000

Your bug report

#43707: [PATCH] stat: use a colon before a list, and don't use backticks as quotes

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#43707: [PATCH] stat: use a colon before a list, and don't use backticks as quotes
From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
To: Benno Schulenberg <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:07:56 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 29/09/2020 13:31, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> * src/stat.c (usage): Replace a mistaken semicolon with a colon,
>    and replace mistaken backticks with single quotes.  Also reorder
>    some words, for clarity.

Pushed at:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.32-55-gebaffa509

thanks!
Pádraig

Subject: [PATCH] stat: use a colon before a list, and don't use backticks as quotes
From: Benno Schulenberg <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:31:52 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

* src/stat.c (usage): Replace a mistaken semicolon with a colon,
  and replace mistaken backticks with single quotes.  Also reorder
  some words, for clarity.
---
 src/stat.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c
index 4e6c2aa86..1c09073a2 100644
--- a/src/stat.c
+++ b/src/stat.c
@@ -1717,10 +1717,10 @@ Display file or file system status.\n\
       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
 
       fputs (_("\n\
-The --cached MODE argument can be; always, never, or default.\n\
-`always` will use cached attributes if available, while\n\
-`never` will try to synchronize with the latest attributes, and\n\
-`default` will leave it up to the underlying file system.\n\
+The MODE argument of --cached can be: always, never, or default.\n\
+'always' will use cached attributes if available, while\n\
+'never' will try to synchronize with the latest attributes, and\n\
+'default' will leave it up to the underlying file system.\n\
 "), stdout);
 
       fputs (_("\n\
-- 
2.25.4