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From: "Diego Petteno (flameeyes)" <flameeyes@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa: automagic.xml
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:12:29
Message-Id: E1JIT2R-0000Fa-2H@stork.gentoo.org
1 flameeyes 08/01/25 18:12:27
2
3 Modified: automagic.xml
4 Log:
5 Fix a few grammar mistakes.
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.3 xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml?rev=1.3&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
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14 Index: automagic.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.2
18 retrieving revision 1.3
19 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
20 --- automagic.xml 30 Jan 2006 05:52:05 -0000 1.2
21 +++ automagic.xml 25 Jan 2008 18:12:26 -0000 1.3
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml,v 1.2 2006/01/30 05:52:05 flameeyes Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml,v 1.3 2008/01/25 18:12:26 flameeyes Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide link="/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml" lang="en">
29 <title>Automagic dependencies, what they are and how to fix them</title>
30 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
31 <body>
32
33 <p>
34 -The so-called <e>automagic dependecies</e> are shallow dependencies of a
35 +The so-called <e>automagic dependencies</e> are shallow dependencies of a
36 software recognized at build or runtime and changes the way the software works.
37 The name <e>automagic</e> is a pun referred to the use of GNU autotools, that
38 produces most of the cases of <e>automagic dependencies</e>.
39 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
40 When a package has automagic dependencies there are only two things that can
41 be done: the first is to state the dependency as mandatory, no matter what the
42 users put in their USE variable, but that might mean that some support that
43 -people don't want is always enable and its dependencies pulle din; the other
44 +people don't want is always enable and its dependencies pulled in; the other
45 is to fix the build system to be able to disable at build time the dependency
46 also if it's present on the system.
47 </p>
48 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
49 corresponding variable before doing the test. It's useful to know that the first
50 parameter passed to the above macro actually names a variable that gets loaded
51 by <c>autoconf</c> without having to add the extra parameters for action to
52 -execute when the parameter is present and when it's not, the variale is named
53 +execute when the parameter is present and when it's not, the variable is named
54 <path>$enable_foo</path> or <path>$with_bar</path>, depending on which of the
55 two macros are called.
56 </p>
57 @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
58 When the parameter is present but it's not honoured, it might be simple as well
59 as complex to fix the dependency. It might just be a test that's not properly
60 written, so it has to be changed in something alike to the tests above, or it
61 -might be a complete screwup in calls of <b>AC_ARG_WITH</b> macros. In those
62 +might be a complete screw-up in calls of <b>AC_ARG_WITH</b> macros. In those
63 cases, it's better to check the code carefully and contact upstream if a screw
64 up seems likely.
65 </p>
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