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[3/3] xfs_quota: make manpage non-male-specific

Message ID 9fde98da-d221-87d0-a401-2c82cf1df35f@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Series xfs_quota: man page fixups | expand

Commit Message

Eric Sandeen Dec. 3, 2020, 8:01 p.m. UTC
Users are not exclusively male, so fix that implication.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
---
 man/man8/xfs_quota.8 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Darrick J. Wong Dec. 3, 2020, 8:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 02:01:24PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Users are not exclusively male, so fix that implication.

Why not fix configure.ac too?  Surely ./configure users are not also
exclusively male? ;)

"If the user choses a different prefix assume he just wants..."

--D

> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> ---
>  man/man8/xfs_quota.8 | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
> index bfdc2e4f..beb6da13 100644
> --- a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ To most users, disk quotas are either of no concern or a fact of life
>  that cannot be avoided.
>  There are two possible quotas that can be imposed \- a limit can be set
>  on the amount of space a user can occupy, and there may be a limit on
> -the number of files (inodes) he can own.
> +the number of files (inodes) they can own.
>  .PP
>  The
>  .B quota
> @@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ the file, not only are the recent changes lost, but possibly much, or even
>  all, of the contents that previously existed.
>  .br
>  There are several possible safe exits for a user caught in this situation.
> -He can use the editor shell escape command to examine his file space
> +They can use the editor shell escape command to examine his file space
>  and remove surplus files.  Alternatively, using
>  .BR sh (1),
> -he can suspend
> +they can suspend
>  the editor, remove some files, then resume it.
>  A third possibility is to write the file to some other filesystem (perhaps
>  to a file on
> -- 
> 2.17.0
>
Eric Sandeen Dec. 3, 2020, 8:15 p.m. UTC | #2
On 12/3/20 2:10 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 02:01:24PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Users are not exclusively male, so fix that implication.
> 
> Why not fix configure.ac too?  Surely ./configure users are not also
> exclusively male? ;)
> 
> "If the user choses a different prefix assume he just wants..."

hm ok, I only searched man pages.

xfsprogs: don't be male-specific? :)

-Eric
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diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
index bfdc2e4f..beb6da13 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@  To most users, disk quotas are either of no concern or a fact of life
 that cannot be avoided.
 There are two possible quotas that can be imposed \- a limit can be set
 on the amount of space a user can occupy, and there may be a limit on
-the number of files (inodes) he can own.
+the number of files (inodes) they can own.
 .PP
 The
 .B quota
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@  the file, not only are the recent changes lost, but possibly much, or even
 all, of the contents that previously existed.
 .br
 There are several possible safe exits for a user caught in this situation.
-He can use the editor shell escape command to examine his file space
+They can use the editor shell escape command to examine his file space
 and remove surplus files.  Alternatively, using
 .BR sh (1),
-he can suspend
+they can suspend
 the editor, remove some files, then resume it.
 A third possibility is to write the file to some other filesystem (perhaps
 to a file on