This has been applied prior to 8.1-RC2 so now only needed for old releases, so I have done mv ipfw.8.REL=ALL.diff ipfw.8.REL=8.0-RELEASE.diff ln -s ipfw.8.REL=8.0-RELEASE.diff ipfw.8.REL=4.11-RELEASE.diff ln -s ipfw.8.REL=8.0-RELEASE.diff ipfw.8.REL=6.2-RELEASE.diff ln -s ipfw.8.REL=8.0-RELEASE.diff ipfw.8.REL=6.4-RELEASE.diff ln -s ipfw.8.REL=8.0-RELEASE.diff ipfw.8.REL=7.2-RELEASE.diff Subject: Re: bin/121424: Rectify ambiguous English in manual From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:30:02 GMT (12:30 CET) To: "Julian H. Stacey" Thank you very much for your problem report. It has the internal identification `bin/121424'. The individual assigned to look at your report is: freebsd-bugs. You can access the state of your problem report at any time via this link: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121424 >Category: bin >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >Synopsis: Rectify ambiguous English in manual >Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 06 11:30:02 UTC 2008 SEND-PR: -*- send-pr -*- SEND-PR: Lines starting with `SEND-PR' will be removed automatically, as SEND-PR: will all comments (text enclosed in `<' and `>'). SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Please consult the following URL if you are not sure how to SEND-PR: fill out a problem report: SEND-PR: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/problem-reports/ SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Note that the Synopsis field is mandatory. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Please note that (unless you state otherwise) if your report SEND-PR: includes a patch then it will be taken under the same license as SEND-PR: the one on the file(s) you want to change. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: BE ADVISED THAT FREEBSD PROBLEM REPORTS ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND SEND-PR: WILL BE PUBLISHED AS-IS ON THE PROJECT'S MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITES. SEND-PR: DO NOT SUBMIT ANY INFORMATION YOU DO NOT WANT MADE PUBLIC. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: If you wish to submit a problem report confidentially, then contact SEND-PR: the FreeBSD bugmaster (bugmaster@@FreeBSD.org) to arrange for a SEND-PR: relevant developer to be contacted. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: For sensitive security issues, consider contacting the FreeBSD SEND-PR: security officer team (security-officer@@freebsd.org) directly. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Choose from the following categories: SEND-PR: SEND-PR: advocacy alpha amd64 bin conf docs SEND-PR: gnu i386 ia64 java kern misc SEND-PR: ports powerpc sparc64 standards sun4v threads SEND-PR: usb www SEND-PR: To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" X-send-pr-version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: "Julian H. Stacey" >Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Linux Unix Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen. >Confidential: no >Synopsis: Rectify ambiguous English in manual >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Category: bin >Class: change-request >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: System: FreeBSD fire.js.berklix.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Sep 17 23:01:21 CEST 2007 jhs@@fire.js.berklix.net:/usr1/src/sys/amd64/compile/FIRE64.small amd64 >Description: Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time, ("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence" "might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read). >How-To-Repeat: - >Fix: This patch applies to at least all between 4.0 & 7.0 I append a copy of http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.REL=ALL.diff Rectify ambiguous English, make it easier to read 1st. time, ("may" can be read as a command, EG "you may not drive without a licence" "might" is more indicative, needs less chance of a 2nd. read). *** 4.0-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8.orig Tue Jul 18 13:48:16 2000 --- gen/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Tue Jul 18 13:49:20 2000 *************** *** 577,583 **** .Cm recv is invalid. .Pp ! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating from the local host have no receive interface, while packets destined for the local host have no transmit interface. --- 577,583 ---- .Cm recv is invalid. .Pp ! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating from the local host have no receive interface, while packets destined for the local host have no transmit interface. # *** 3.4-RELEASE/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Thu Apr 13 11:25:36 2000 # --- jhs/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 Fri Apr 14 08:37:46 2000 # *************** # *** 596,602 **** # .Ar recv # is invalid. # .Pp # ! A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating # from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for # the local host have no transmit interface. # .Pp # --- 596,602 ---- # .Ar recv # is invalid. # .Pp # ! A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets originating # from the local host have no receive interface. while packets destined for # the local host have no transmit interface. # .Pp