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Re: autoconf: AC_SYS_LARGEFILE documentation misleading
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Thorsten Glaser |
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Re: autoconf: AC_SYS_LARGEFILE documentation misleading |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:55:30 +0100 (CET) |
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Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) |
Dixi quod…
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Eric Blake wrote:
>
> > I also think we can try harder to point out the need for config.h to
> > appear first. How about the following counter-proposal:
[…]
> Nice, but I think I can improve on that a bit (later, I’m almost
> dropping down due to tiredness), it still confuses me a bit ;)
What do you think about this? I tried several variants and ended
up making it a bullet point list, and I think the result is quite
less ambiguous (especially if one is not a native English speaker)
than the original text.
I’ve also changed “be sure” to an imperative “ensure” in the
usage notes.
bye,
//mirabilos
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+1
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