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List:       linux-man
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] reboot.2: tfix: Change "fail" to "fails"
From:       Johannes Liebermann <johanan.liebermann () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-08-31 12:55:19
Message-ID: CAKA1k3kKx=iGPVU_5Qya=5=bRMrzRMyCDQG5vrc63aOmuK_jAA () mail ! gmail ! com
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My apologies, the patch is corrupt. This is my first contribution and
my email client has wrapped a line without consulting with me first.
What should I do in such a case? Reply with another patch?

Thank you,
Johannes
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:39 AM Johanan Liebermann
<johanan.liebermann@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "This system call fail" is grammatically wrong (probably a typo).
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Liebermann <johanan.liebermann@gmail.com>
> ---
>  man2/reboot.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/reboot.2 b/man2/reboot.2
> index a4503de44..20a7ca44f 100644
> --- a/man2/reboot.2
> +++ b/man2/reboot.2
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ call reboots the system, or enables/disables the
> reboot keystroke
>  it can be changed using
>  .BR loadkeys (1)).
>  .PP
> -This system call fail (with the error
> +This system call fails (with the error
>  .BR EINVAL )
>  unless
>  .I magic
> --
> 2.15.2 (Apple Git-101.1)
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