From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: "mail@bernhard-voelker.de" <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: Simon de Vlieger <simon@ikanobori.jp>,
"util-linux@vger.kernel.org" <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hexdump: adjust -s and -n option in the man page [was: hexsyntax.c using strtol on the offset parameter]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:41:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120326084157.GJ2040@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <917665944.185472.1332746426227.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1und1.de>
Hi Berny,
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:20:26AM +0200, mail@bernhard-voelker.de wrote:
> I have derived my patch proposal from the info pages of coreutils, as there
> has recently been a discussion about the clearest wording.
> I don't think all users are aware what's the difference between
> "binary (2^N) suffixes KiB" and "decimal (10^N) suffixes KB".
hmm, good point, send patch that fix the problem in all the man pages.
> BTW: why omitting the Z and the Y suffix in the man page?
Send patch ;-)
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-26 8:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-22 11:58 [PATCH] hexdump: adjust -s and -n option in the man page [was: hexsyntax.c using strtol on the offset parameter] Bernhard Voelker
2012-03-23 17:19 ` Karel Zak
2012-03-26 7:20 ` mail
2012-03-26 8:41 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2012-03-26 9:39 ` mail
2012-03-26 9:50 ` mail
2012-03-30 13:34 ` Karel Zak
2012-03-30 13:26 ` Karel Zak
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