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Re: [PATCH] Remove doubled words


On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 04:11, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/ftruncate64.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/ftruncate64.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +/* Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005,2006,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Â ÂThis file is part of the GNU C Library.
>
> Â ÂThe GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern int __have_no_truncate64;
> Â#endif
>
>
> -/* Truncate the file FD refers to to LENGTH bytes. Â*/
> +/* Truncate the file FD refers to LENGTH bytes. Â*/


You have to be more careful.  The double to might not be the best form
of English but the new text is plain wrong.  I haven't checked for
other problems like this and wait for someone to confirm a newly
submitted patch doesn't have any such problems.


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