From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V3] docs: fix grammar and punctuation and typos in 2.26 release notes
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:08:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1421701703-2129-1-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421348945-2329-1-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net>
Also trim some trailing whitespace.
Reviewed-by: Peter Cordes <peter@cordes.ca>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
---
Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes | 74 ++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes
index b7712f7..655aebe 100644
--- a/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes
+++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
Util-linux 2.26 Release Notes
=============================
- This version provides completely new sfdisk(8) command, the new version is
- based on libfdisk. If your use-cases depend on sfdisk(8) then it is strongly
+ This version provides a completely new sfdisk(8) command; the new version is
+ based on libfdisk. If your use cases depend on sfdisk(8), then it is strongly
recommended to be careful and re-test your scripts. The new version supports
- MBR and GPT disk labels (SGI and SUN are also supported but no well tested).
- The new version does no more support some obscure MBR specific command line
- options and legacy CHS addressing.
+ MBR and GPT disk labels (SGI and SUN are also supported but not well tested).
+ The new version no longer supports some obscure MBR-specific command-line
+ options nor legacy CHS addressing.
- The library libblkid (and blkid(8) on command line) now uses the same UDF
- fields like Windows and another operations systems to get human readable
- UDF volume identifiers (LABEL= tag). This change maybe backwardly incompatible
+ The library libblkid (and blkid(8) on the command line) now uses the same UDF
+ fields as Windows and other operating systems in order to get human-readable
+ UDF volume identifiers (LABEL= tag). This change may be backwardly incompatible
for some UDF volumes.
The command hwclock(8) uses the drift correction for all relevant operations
- and it is unnecessary to specify --adjuts on hwclock command line now.
+ and it is unnecessary to specify --adjust on the hwclock command line now.
- The command hwclock(8) does not automatically (re)calculate drift factor on
- --systohc to avoid several problem (ntpd with an '11 minute mode', etc.), but
- new command line option --update-drift has to be explicitly used to force
- hwclock(8) to update /etc/adjtime.
+ The command hwclock(8) does not automatically (re)calculate the drift factor on
+ --systohc to avoid several problems (ntpd with '11 minute mode', for example),
+ but the new command-line option --update-drift has to be explicitly used to
+ force hwclock(8) to update /etc/adjtime.
- For more details see hwclock(8) man page.
+ For more details see the hwclock(8) man page.
Release highlights
@@ -33,56 +33,56 @@ zramctl(8):
- this NEW COMMAND allows to control /dev/zramN devices
agetty(8):
- - supports new options --reload to force already running agetty processes to
- reprint /etc/issue file.
+ - supports new option --reload to force already running agetty processes to
+ reprint the /etc/issue file
cfdisk(8), sfdisk(8) and fdisk(8):
- - supports sfdisk compatible scripts, it's possible to save your partitioning
- layout to text files and (re)use it in all fdisks.
+ - support sfdisk-compatible scripts; it's possible to save your partitioning
+ layout to text files and (re)use it in all fdisks
fdisk(8), sfdisk(8):
- - support new command line option "--output <list>" to specify output columns
- for --list or print commands.
+ - support new command-line option "--output <list>" to specify output columns
+ for --list or print commands
nsenter(1):
- has been updated to work with the latest kernel changes in user namespaces
- - supports new command line option --preserve-credentials
+ - supports new command-line option --preserve-credentials
unshare(1):
- has been updated to work with the latest kernel changes in user namespaces
- - suuports new command line option "--setgroups=<deny|allow>"
+ - supports new command-line option "--setgroups=<deny|allow>"
swapon(8):
- - supports new command line option "-o <list>" with the same semantic like
- -o for mount(8); now it's possible to specify swap options on command line
- by the same string like in fstab
+ - supports new command-line option "-o <list>" with the same semantics as
+ -o for mount(8); it's now possible to specify swap options on the command
+ line by the same string as in fstab
fdformat(8):
- - supports new command line options --from/to to specify tracks and --repear
- for broken floppies.
+ - supports new command-line options --from and --to to specify tracks and
+ --repair for broken floppies
getopt(1):
- - has been updated to the latest version (originally maintained out of
- util-linux) and refactored.
+ - has been updated to the latest version (originally maintained outside of
+ util-linux) and refactored
ldattach(8):
- - has been improved to support GSM0710 and intro modem commands
+ - has been improved to support GSM0710 and intro modem commands
logger(1):
- - supports new command line option --id= to specify PID (or another ID)
+ - supports new command-line option --id= to specify PID (or another ID)
- allows to specify --rfc3164 or --rfc5424 syslog protocols
libfdisk:
- - the library is distributed as shared library with stable API and standard
- header file.
+ - the library is distributed as a shared library with a stable API and a
+ standard header file
libmount:
- - provides new simple API to monitor mount table changes (including
- changes in userspace mount options).
+ - provides a new simple API to monitor mount-table changes (including
+ changes in userspace mount options)
-The debug infrastructure in libraries libmount, libsmartcolsm, libfdisk and
-libblkid allows to specify debug options by human readable strings too. For
+The debug infrastructure in the libraries libmount, libsmartcolsm, libfdisk and
+libblkid allows to specify debug options by human-readable strings too. For
example "LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all mount /mnt".
--
1.7.0.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-19 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-15 19:09 [PATCH] docs: fix grammar and punctuation of 2.26 release notes Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-16 3:15 ` Peter Cordes
2015-01-17 17:56 ` Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-19 20:58 ` Peter Cordes
2015-01-18 20:46 ` [PATCH V2] docs: fix grammar and punctuation and typos in " Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-19 21:08 ` Benno Schulenberg [this message]
2015-01-19 21:27 ` [PATCH V3] " Peter Cordes
2015-01-26 10:18 ` Karel Zak
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