Re: Errors in man pages, here: copysign(3): Suggested improvement

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Hello Helge,

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 21:24, Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hallo Michael,
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 08:36:37AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > On 4/19/20 8:47 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > **
> > >
> > > Description, of what is really done, should be improved
> > >
> > > msgid "copysign, copysignf, copysignl - copy sign of a number"
> >
> > I do not understand the report. Please elaborate.
>
> If you read the text below the description, the function does
> something more complex than siply copying the sign of a number, where
> I would expect the the result to be either a "+" or a "-" (or maybe 1
> or -1).
>
> The translator simply found this discrepancy when comparing the body
> and the NAME part.
>
> Of course, as this is an improvement request, if you do not think it
> can (or should) be changed, then please leave it as is.

Given that the NAME description should be concise, no real
idea for an improvement springs to mind. I suggest
closing this.

Thanks,

Michael


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