Re: [patch] futex.2, mount_setattr.2, proc.5, netlink.7, tcp.7: tfix

["Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Branden and Samanta,

On 11/13/21 13:41, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Hi Samanta,
> 
> At 2021-11-13T11:58:08+0000, Samanta Navarro wrote:
>> Typos found with codespell.
> [...]
>> diff --git a/man2/mount_setattr.2 b/man2/mount_setattr.2
>> index 77233f5..ca56256 100644
>> --- a/man2/mount_setattr.2
>> +++ b/man2/mount_setattr.2
>> @@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>   .\"     because. Because making assumptions about the current working directory
>>   .\"     of the calling process is just too easy to get wrong; especially when
>>   .\"     pivot_root() or chroot() are in play.
>> -.\"     My absolut preference (joke intended) is to open a well-known starting
>> +.\"     My absolute preference (joke intended) is to open a well-known starting
>>   .\"     point with an absolute path to get a dirfd and then scope all future
>>   .\"     operations beneath that dirfd. This already works with old-style
>>   .\"     openat() and _very_ cautious programming but openat2() and its
> 
> I always thought the foregoing was a double entendre expressing the
> author's taste for vodka...

Yes.  There have been other attempts to patch this[1], but I'll defend 
the author's joke, even if I don't share his preferences for liquid 
ingestion. :)

[1]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20210910200429.4816-3-jwilk@jwilk.net/

Cheers,
Alex
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Alejandro Colomar
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