Package: util-linux Version: 2.12p-4sarge1 Severity: minor Tags: patch
[Also applies to unstable version 2.12r-8] The cfdisk(8) manpage contains some typos. I attach a patch. debian:~/bugs/cfdisk8$ diff -u cfdisk.8.orig cfdisk.8.new > diffs -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libuuid1 1.37-2sarge1 universally unique id library ii slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library wit ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information
--- cfdisk.8.orig 2006-04-05 10:34:14.000000000 +0100 +++ cfdisk.8.new 2006-04-05 10:59:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ .IR Unusable . The size field displays the size of the partition in megabytes (by default). It can also display the size in sectors and cylinders (see -the change units command below). If an asterisks +the change units command below). If an asterisk .RB ( * ) appears after the size, this means that the partition is not aligned on cylinder boundaries. @@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ desired value and press .IR Enter . The altered disk parameter values do not take effect until you return -the main menu (by pressing +to the main menu (by pressing .IR Enter " or " ESC -at the change disk geometry command line. If you change the geometry +at the change disk geometry command line). If you change the geometry such that the disk appears larger, the extra sectors are added at the end of the disk as free space. If the disk appears smaller, the partitions that are beyond the new last sector are deleted and the @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ .TP .B m Maximize disk usage of the current partition. This command will -recover the the unused space between the partition table and the +recover the unused space between the partition table and the beginning of the partition, but at the cost of making the partition incompatible with DOS, OS/2 and possibly other operating systems. This option will toggle between maximal disk usage and DOS, OS/2, @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ .B cfdisk next prompts you for the size of the partition you want to create. The default size, equal to the entire free space of the current -partition, is display in megabytes. You can either press the +partition, is displayed in megabytes. You can either press the .I Enter key to accept the default size or enter a different size at the prompt. @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ will ask you to choose where to place the partition. After the partition is created, .B cfdisk -automatically adjusts the other partition's partition types if all of +automatically adjusts the other partitions' partition types if all of the primary partitions are used. .TP .B p @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ the extended partition is printed before the first logical partition. If a partition does not start or end on a cylinder boundary or if the -partition length is not divisible by the cylinder size, an asterisks +partition length is not divisible by the cylinder size, an asterisk .RB ( * ) is printed after the non-aligned sector number/count. This usually indicates that a partition was created by an operating system that @@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ .B cfdisk will write the partition table to disk and the tell the kernel to re-read the partition table from the disk. The re-reading of the -partition table works is most cases, but I have seen it fail. Don't +partition table works in most cases, but I have seen it fail. Don't panic. It will be correct after you reboot the system. In all cases, -I still recommend rebooting the system--just to be safe. +I still recommend rebooting the system -- just to be safe. .TP .I Up Arrow .TP
