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Re: Typos in dpkg man pages



Hello Guillem,
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:05:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 17:42:54 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 06:36:35AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 22:34:28 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > > #:../../man/dpkg-buildpackage.1:145
> > > > -(for example by using B</usr/local/bin/make -f debian/rules> as I<rules-file>)
> > > > +(for example by calling B</usr/local/bin/make -f debian/rules> to build the package)
> > > 
> > > I don't think this change is correct, as here it's referring to it as
> > > an argument to a command line option.
> > 
> > Well, as given I don't fully understand the paragraph. I assumed that
> > this example should show that a different make file (here installed in
> > /usr/local) could be used. Maybe you can clarify the wording in the
> > sense you intend it to mean?
> 
> Here it's talking about using '/usr/local/bin/make -f debian/rules' as
> a parameter for -R by replacing 'rules-file' in 'B<-R>I<rules-file>'.

Ah, ok, now I see it. Thanks.

> > No problem. Are you updating the po files afterwards or is it ok if
> > translators update the po files (in the latter case: anything to be
> > careful?)?
> 
> I was waiting in case you or someone else had more comments, otherwise
> I'll be updating them in a bit. I don't have any problem with
> translators updating the .pot and .po files, as long as they are built
> using the normal Debian package build, otherwise there's unneeded
> changes due to different paths. If you are unsure about any part of the
> process feel free to ask.

Well, before I mess things up I better leave it to you, then. Since we
are a few dpkg release away from Lenny, theres no urgency yet.

Greetings

          Helge

P.S. Do you know who's doing the man page translation for es and
     pt_BR.po? To strip down the output, I thought I ask if they could
     update at least the po file header ... (although further updates
     would be nice for their readers as well of course).

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