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Re: [PATCH] Remove doubled words
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 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...
"Truncate to LENGTH bytes the file to which FD refers" might avoid
the appearance of a typo, which seems to have prompted the
incorrect patch.
Allin Cottrell