[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/2] pacman(8): grammar correction for relative clauses

matt mooney mfm at muteddisk.com
Fri Apr 29 01:05:21 EDT 2011


Change "which" to "that" when used in a restrictive clause.
Replace usage of the relative prounoun "those" with a common noun for
added clarity.

Signed-off-by: matt mooney <mfm at muteddisk.com>
---
 doc/pacman.8.txt |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 6d321dd..6270dbd 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if
 gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every
 package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages.
 +
-Packages which provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S
-foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages which
+Packages that provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S
+foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages that
 provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is
 found, it will be installed.
 +
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`.
 *-T, \--deptest*::
 	Check dependencies; this is useful in scripts such as makepkg to check
 	installed packages. This operation will check each dependency specified and
-	return a list of those which are not currently satisfied on the system.
+	return a list of dependencies that are not currently satisfied on the system.
 	This operation accepts no other options. Example usage: `pacman -T qt
 	"bash>=3.2"`.
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Options
 	Specify an alternative installation root (default is `/`). This should
 	not be used as a way to install software into `/usr/local` instead of
 	`/usr`. This option is used if you want to install a package on a
-	temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system.
+	temporary mounted partition that is "owned" by another system.
 	*NOTE*: if database path or logfile are not specified on either the
 	command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will
 	be inside this root path.
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
 
 *-e, \--explicit*::
 	Restrict or filter output to explicitly installed packages. This option
-	can be combined with '-t' to list explicitly installed packages which
+	can be combined with '-t' to list explicitly installed packages that
 	are not required by any other package.
 
 *-g, \--groups*::
-- 
1.7.4.4



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