-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Russ Allbery wrote: > Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> writes: > >> When using -E on a package with convertor in it's binary, lintian reports the >> following: >> X: lives: spelling-error-in-binary ./usr/lib/lives/lives-exe convertor >> converter > >> However convertor is a valid english word. See >> http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=*&Query=convertor. > > I'm afraid those dictionaries are wrong, at least as dictionaries are > normally judged. The word is converter per both Merriam-Webster and the > Oxford English Dictionary. The OED specifically lists convertor as an > erroneous spelling. >
Okay. Shall I close the bug? - -- Thanks Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> GPG Key Info: pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-06-12 sub 1024R/9394048C 2009-06-12 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iJwEAQECAAYFAkqO1M8ACgkQ+9DWHFhEn290hgP9GkOYJJBgcB8aPj3M+qChGm/1 iiuga1Mj427ZHRjkfl0rBIGTR6CiMWaBzqOAI0UPVKC9wDmF2JJ0AJdQ2vtziaNC DpQC5sYcY3clwv2SeccC9zksN12+aHHE4x7sTFSlsxM/X7jNIc+P61D9/V6+14Fs Vz6mWb0m1ygae2G/mW0= =L31Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org