[PATCH] Fix "localedef --posix" description

Carlos O'Donell carlos@systemhalted.org
Sun Dec 2 21:09:00 GMT 2012


On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> 2012-12-02      Allan McRae     <allan@archlinux.org>
>
>         *locale/programs/localedef.c: Fix description of '--posix' flag.
> ---
>  locale/programs/localedef.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/locale/programs/localedef.c b/locale/programs/localedef.c
> index 864fc55..c2efd22 100644
> --- a/locale/programs/localedef.c
> +++ b/locale/programs/localedef.c
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static const struct argp_option options[] =
>      N_("Create output even if warning messages were issued") },
>    { "old-style", OPT_OLDSTYLE, NULL, 0, N_("Create old-style tables") },
>    { "prefix", OPT_PREFIX, "PATH", 0, N_("Optional output file prefix") },
> -  { "posix", OPT_POSIX, NULL, 0, N_("Be strictly POSIX conform") },
> +  { "posix", OPT_POSIX, NULL, 0, N_("Be strictly POSIX conformant") },

It's still not the best wording...

I'd say "Enable strict conformance with POSIX"

or "Strictly conform to POSIX"

or "Adhere strictly to POSIX"

I think any of these would be better help wording.

>    { "quiet", OPT_QUIET, NULL, 0,
>      N_("Suppress warnings and information messages") },
>    { "verbose", 'v', NULL, 0, N_("Print more messages") },
> --
> 1.8.0.1
>

Cheers,
Carlos.



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