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bug#11933: ambiguous "stty --help" text
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
bug#11933: ambiguous "stty --help" text |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:09:59 +0100 |
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On 07/13/2012 02:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi coreutils maintainers,
>
> "stty --help" produces the output
>
> [-]parodd set odd parity (even with `-')
>
> When looking at the code and "man termios", which says:
>
> PARODD If set, then parity for input and output is odd; otherwise
> even parity is used.
>
> it is clear that option '-parodd' means the opposite of option 'parodd'.
> But the German translator misunderstood this line twice (even after being
> pointed to the fact that it's ambiguous), as if it was
>
> [-]parodd set odd parity (believe it or not, also with `-')
:)
Pushed.
thanks,
Pádraig.