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Re: Bug#389298: coreutils: chown/chgrp man page dereference option is am


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: Bug#389298: coreutils: chown/chgrp man page dereference option is ambiguous
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:28:08 +0200

Jamie McClelland <address@hidden> wrote:
> The man page description of the --dereference option could more clearly state
> what behavior is the default.
>
> Rather than:
>
> --dereference
>       affect  the referent of each symbolic link, rather than
>       the symbolic link itself (this is the default)
>
> It would be clearer to say something like:
>
> --dereference
>       affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the
>       default), rather than the symbolic link itself

Thanks for reporting that.
I've done as you suggest, upstream.

2006-09-25  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/chown.c (usage): Clarify --dereference description.
        * src/chgrp.c (usage): Likewise.  Suggestion from Jamie McClelland.

Index: src/chown.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/chown.c,v
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -r1.126 chown.c
--- src/chown.c 27 Jul 2006 09:11:08 -0000      1.126
+++ src/chown.c 25 Sep 2006 06:19:07 -0000
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
 \n\
   -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
-      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
-                         than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+                         the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -h, --no-dereference   affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
Index: src/chgrp.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/chgrp.c,v
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -r1.123 chgrp.c
--- src/chgrp.c 27 Jul 2006 09:11:08 -0000      1.123
+++ src/chgrp.c 25 Sep 2006 06:18:46 -0000
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
 With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.\n\
 \n\
   -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
-      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
-                         than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+                         the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -h, --no-dereference   affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\




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