> From: "Antoine Jacoutot" <[email protected]>
> To: "Ian Darwin" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "tech" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:59:54 AM
> Subject: Re: rcctl ls faulty -> failed

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:48:17AM -0400, Ian Darwin wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 03:29:27PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> > > Hi.

> > > We'd like to rename the 'faulty' listing to 'failed'.
> > > i.e. rcctl ls failed

> > > Index: etc/daily
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/daily,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.85
> > > diff -u -p -u -p -r1.85 daily
> > > --- etc/daily 28 Jan 2016 15:45:34 -0000 1.85
> > > +++ etc/daily 29 Mar 2016 13:25:59 -0000
> > > @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ while [ "X$ROOTBACKUP" = X1 ]; do
> > > done

> > > next_part "Services that should run but don't:"

> > While you're there, can you please change "should run but don't" to
> > "should be running but aren't" ? The current wording is awkward,
> > and also implies that they don't run (ie. they fail to start)
> > when in fact they may have been running but been shut down
> > manually, or failed. Language should be precise as well as concise.

> Sure.

> --
> Antoine
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