From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:46:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:46:18 -0500 Received: from virtisp1.zianet.com ([216.234.192.105]:34308 "HELO mesatop.zianet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:46:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] More spelling fixes: loose->lose From: Steven Cole To: Hugo Mills Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <20030301202807.GA24998@carfax.org.uk> References: <20030301202807.GA24998@carfax.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2-5mdk Date: 01 Mar 2003 16:55:26 -0700 Message-Id: <1046562928.7527.423.camel@spc1.mesatop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 13:28, Hugo Mills wrote: > Loose, pronounced with a soft "s", as in the word "spelling", means > badly-fitting or vague. > > Lose, with a hard "s", as in the words "laser" and "is", means to > get rid of something or mislay something. > > 49 occurrences of "loose" where "lose" was intended now fixed. > Patch against vanilla 2.5.63. > [patch snipped] Nice try, but I already got this (or a very similar fix) into the tree five days ago, changeset 1.1035. Which is why I always diff against the current tree obtained with a bk pull. If you don't want or can't use Larry's fine product, then the bk snapshots are almost as good. Steven