bug#14977: texinfo build fails due to missing "@item", after du/inode change

2013-07-28 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks, I fixed that typo.

bug#14977: texinfo build fails due to missing "@item", after du/inode change

2013-07-28 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, Trying to compile the latest revision (v8.21-102-g9e52eba), I get the following error: === $ make << snip >> test -f doc/.dirstamp || make doc/.dirstamp make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gordon/temp/coreutils' make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gordon/temp/coreutils' Updating ./doc/versi

bug#14976: [patch] use semicolons in option descriptions, not periods

2013-07-28 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Hi, Attached patch replaces in several usage texts some periods with semicolons, removes from them several inconsistent final periods, properly double-indents continuation lines, and rephrases two or three sentences a little for increased clarity. Regards, Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Ac

bug#14972: cp docs should mention permissions result when destination already exists

2013-07-28 Thread jidanni
Thanks.

bug#14972: cp docs should mention permissions result when destination already exists

2013-07-28 Thread Pádraig Brady
Better to be explicit I suppose. How about: -In the absence of this option, each destination file is created with the +In the absence of this option, the permissions of existing destination +files are unchanged, while each new file is created with the mode bits of the corresponding source file, m