Subject: Re: 1.4.1 compile problems
To: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl>
From: Sheila&bob/Herbal Gypsy & the Tinker <shsrms@erols.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/21/1999 11:44:07
I like the grammar.
this is one of the last bastions of freedom in the world.
IT confuses search engines!
I am more interested in code that works than error messages that are
grammaticly 
correct.
my two cents
bob
Olaf Seibert wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, paul yaskowski wrote:
> 
> > vax# config BLACKHOLE
> > BLACKHOLE:95: cpu's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > BLACKHOLE:165: ln0: unknown device n'
> 
> > vax# config INSTALL
> > INSTALL:95: cpu's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > INSTALL:97: mem's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > INSTALL:100: uba's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > INSTALL:165: ln0: unknown device n'
> > *** Stop.
> 
> If config says this, somebody ought to fix these horrible grammatical
> errors. The messages should better read
> 
> INSTALL:95: cpus cannot attach to mainbuses
> INSTALL:97: mems cannot attach to mainbuses
> INSTALL:100: ubas cannot attach to mainbuses
> 
> or if forming correct plurals is considered too difficult, something
> like
> 
> INSTALL:95: a cpu cannot attach to a mainbus
> (etc)
> 
> -Olaf.
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