# [PATCH] Makefile: fix some typos in the preamble

2 messages from 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-15. Participants: Ian Liu Rodrigues, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37551

## Ian Liu Rodrigues, 2014-09-13 14:20

Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: fix some typos in the preamble
Message-ID: <CAD+ArX07pvmFKaCzy+dTcbga56U=fCgpPN-T3+QSudfFSVr=bQ@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAD%2BArX07pvmFKaCzy%2BdTcbga56U%3DfCgpPN-T3%2BQSudfFSVr%3DbQ%40mail.gmail.com

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Signed-off-by: Ian Liu Rodrigues <ian.liu88@gmail.com>
---
 Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f984a9..496af55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ all::
 # Define INLINE to a suitable substitute (such as '__inline' or '') if git
 # fails to compile with errors about undefined inline functions or similar.
 #
-# Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if your are on a system which snprintf()
+# Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if you are on a system which snprintf()
 # or vsnprintf() return -1 instead of number of characters which would
 # have been written to the final string if enough space had been available.
 #
-# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if your are on a system which succeeds
+# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if you are on a system which succeeds
 # when attempting to read from an fopen'ed directory.
 #
 # Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
-- 
2.1.0

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## Junio C Hamano, 2014-09-15 18:58

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: fix some typos in the preamble
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URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqd2aw7ltl.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com
In-Reply-To: <CAD+ArX07pvmFKaCzy+dTcbga56U=fCgpPN-T3+QSudfFSVr=bQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Ian Liu Rodrigues <ian.liu88@gmail.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Ian Liu Rodrigues <ian.liu88@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 9f984a9..496af55 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ all::
>  # Define INLINE to a suitable substitute (such as '__inline' or '') if git
>  # fails to compile with errors about undefined inline functions or similar.
>  #
> -# Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if your are on a system which snprintf()
> +# Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if you are on a system which snprintf()
>  # or vsnprintf() return -1 instead of number of characters which would

The change is correct but I wonder if "which snprintf()" should be
"whose snprintf()".

>  # have been written to the final string if enough space had been available.
>  #
> -# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if your are on a system which succeeds
> +# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if you are on a system which succeeds
>  # when attempting to read from an fopen'ed directory.
>  #
>  # Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.

Thanks.

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