[PATCH] Remove doubled words

Allin Cottrell cottrell@wfu.edu
Mon Apr 18 01:31:00 GMT 2011


On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 04:11, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> > --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/ftruncate64.c
> > +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/ftruncate64.c
> > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > -/* Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > +/* Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005,2006,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> >
> >    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern int __have_no_truncate64;
> >  #endif
> >
> >
> > -/* Truncate the file FD refers to to LENGTH bytes.  */
> > +/* Truncate the file FD refers to LENGTH bytes.  */
>
>
> You have to be more careful.  The double to might not be the best form
> of English but the new text is plain wrong...

"Truncate to LENGTH bytes the file to which FD refers" might avoid
the appearance of a typo, which seems to have prompted the
incorrect patch.

Allin Cottrell



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