Re: [patch] kill.2: tfix

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hallo Tobias,

On 02/22/2015 11:58 PM, Tobias Stoeckmann wrote:
> A missing s after send:

It depends whether one believes that subjunctive[1] still exists 
in English. Opinions are divided. I'm trying to hold onto it,
so I've not applied this patch.

Cheers,

Michael

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#English

> POSIX.1-2001 requires that kill(-1,sig) send_s_ sig to [...]
> ---
>  man2/kill.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2
> index abd7807..e15c0a9 100644
> --- a/man2/kill.2
> +++ b/man2/kill.2
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ has explicitly installed signal handlers.
>  This is done to assure the
>  system is not brought down accidentally.
>  .LP
> -POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP send \fIsig\fP
> +POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP sends \fIsig\fP
>  to all processes that the calling process may send signals to,
>  except possibly for some implementation-defined system processes.
>  Linux allows a process to signal itself, but on Linux the call
> 


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