Bug#122931: debian-policy: Spelling consistency "depend(e|a)ncies" in policy 2.3.8.1
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 03:50:23PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 09:08:16AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > In policy section 2.3.8.1 there are two inconsistent spellings of the
> > word "dependencies" as "dependancies". While correct according to dict
> > [gcide],
>
> Then that's a bug in gcide; please file one.
The gcide entry seems at least plausible:
>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English [gcide]:
Dependant \De*pend"ant\, Dependance \De*pend"ance\, n.,
Dependancy \De*pend"an*cy\, n.
See {Dependent}, {Dependence}, {Dependency}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from
the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the
Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form
dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing
it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
[1913 Webster]
If you feel gcide has a bug here, you file the bug.
Ben
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