[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Consistently use 'directory' instead of 'folder'

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Tue Jan 28 06:37:34 EST 2014


Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
---
 NEWS                   |  2 +-
 doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt     |  8 ++++----
 doc/makepkg.8.txt      | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt | 12 ++++++------
 scripts/library/README |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 296e196..02148d3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ VERSION         DESCRIPTION
                 - fix overzealous use of macros
                 - entire codebase builds with -pedantic GCC option
               - libalpm-specific changes:
-                - moved location of sync DBs into their own folder to thwart
+                - moved location of sync DBs into their own directory to thwart
                   deletion and remove naming limitations
                 - REQUIREDBY entries are no longer used in local DB but are
                   computed on the fly when needed, which should resolve
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index 6c5ef84..eeb5696 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -422,16 +422,16 @@ Using VCS Sources[[VCS]]
 ------------------------
 Building a developmental version of a package using sources from a version
 control system (VCS) is enabled by specifying the source in the form
-`source=('folder::url#fragment')`. Currently makepkg supports the Bazaar, Git,
+`source=('directory::url#fragment')`. Currently makepkg supports the Bazaar, Git,
 Subversion, and Mercurial version control systems. For other version control
 systems, manual cloning of upstream repositories must be done in the `prepare()`
 function.
 
 The source URL is divided into three components:
 
-*folder*::
-	(optional) Specifies an alternate folder name for makepkg to download the VCS
-	source into.
+*directory*::
+	(optional) Specifies an alternate directory name for makepkg to download
+	the VCS source into.
 
 *url*::
 	The URL to the VCS repository. This must include the VCS in the URL protocol
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index 6abb7fb..29f4a03 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -220,28 +220,28 @@ Environment Variables
 	Use an alternate config file instead of the +{sysconfdir}/makepkg.conf+
 	default.
 
-**PKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where the resulting packages will be stored. Overrides the
+**PKGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where the resulting packages will be stored. Overrides the
 	corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
-**SRCDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where the downloaded sources will be stored. Overrides the
+**SRCDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where the downloaded sources will be stored. Overrides the
 	corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
-**SRCPKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where source package files will be stored. Overrides the
+**SRCPKGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where source package files will be stored. Overrides the
 	corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
-**LOGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where generated log files will be stored. Overrides the
+**LOGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where generated log files will be stored. Overrides the
 	corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
 **PACKAGER=**"John Doe <john at doe.com>"::
 	String to identify the creator of the resulting package. Overrides
 	the corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
-**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where the package will be built. Overrides the corresponding
+**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where the package will be built. Overrides the corresponding
 	value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
 **CARCH=**"(i686|x86_64)"::
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ Environment Variables
 	Sets the compression used when making compiled or source packages.
 	Overrides the corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
 
-**GNUPGHOME=**"/path/to/folder"::
-	Folder where the gpg keyring for signing the built package is stored.
+**GNUPGHOME=**"/path/to/directory"::
+	Directory where the gpg keyring for signing the built package is stored.
 
 **GPGKEY=**"keyid"::
 	Specify a key to use when signing packages, overriding the GPGKEY setting
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index ef64d17..e85a8e9 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ Options
 	running in the DistCC cluster. In addition, you will want to modify your
 	`MAKEFLAGS`.
 
-**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/folder"::
+**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/directory"::
 	If this value is not set, packages will by default be built in
 	subdirectories of the directory that makepkg is called from.  This
-	option allows setting the build location to another folder.
+	option allows setting the build location to another directory.
 	Incorrect use of `$startdir` in a PKGBUILD may cause building with
 	this option to fail.
 
@@ -219,23 +219,23 @@ Options
 	instruct makepkg which files to remove from the package. This is
 	useful for index files that are added by multiple packages.
 
-**PKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
+**PKGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
 	If this value is not set, packages will by default be placed in the
 	current directory (location of the linkman:PKGBUILD[5]). Many people
 	like to keep all their packages in one place so this option allows
 	this behavior. A common location is ``/home/packages''.
 
-**SRCDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
+**SRCDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
 	If this value is not set, downloaded source files will only be stored
 	in the current directory. Many people like to keep all source files in
 	a central location for easy cleanup, so this path can be set here.
 
-**SRCPKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
+**SRCPKGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
 	If this value is not set, source package files will be stored in
 	in the current directory. Many people like to keep all source package files
 	in a central location for easy cleanup, so this path can be set here.
 
-**LOGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
+**LOGDEST=**"/path/to/directory"::
 	If this value is not set, log files are written to the current
 	directory. This centralizes the log location, facilitating cleanup
 	and compression.
diff --git a/scripts/library/README b/scripts/library/README
index 9e2b6a1..e9615a2 100644
--- a/scripts/library/README
+++ b/scripts/library/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This folder contains code snippets that can be reused by multiple
+This directory contains code snippets that can be reused by multiple
 scripts.  A brief description of each file follows.
 
 output_format.sh:
-- 
1.8.5.3



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