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Re: unclarities in message
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Otavio Salvador |
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Re: unclarities in message |
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Wed, 16 May 2007 13:56:29 -0300 |
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Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> In partprobe/partprobe.c it says:
>
> Inform the OS of partition table changes.
>
> -d, --no-update don't update the kernel
>
> To me "updating the kernel" means to install a new version of the
> kernel. But it seems that "don't inform the kernel" is the
> intended meaning. If so, then a better long form of the option
> would be "--dry-run".
>
> Also, in the first line it speaks of "OS", and then later of
> "kernel", while it seems to mean the same thing. Better use the
> same word in both cases then:
>
> Inform the operating system about partition table changes.
>
> -d, --dry-run do not actually inform the operating system
Ack. Can you provide a patch for it?
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