Re: Issue in man page getpt.3

Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-25T13:20:39Z

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Hi Helge,

On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:26PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
>
> Issue: multiplexor → multiplexer

I see both used:

$ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c
4 multiplexer
4 multiplexor

Which one should we prefer, and why?

I don't know if any one is more correct than the other, as I'm not
a native English speaker.

Have a lovely day!
Alex

>
> "B<getpt>() opens a new pseudoterminal device and returns a file descriptor "
> "that refers to that device. It is equivalent to opening the pseudoterminal "
> "multiplexor device"
>
> "on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal multiplexor device is located "
> "elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library."