Re: Issue in man page mount_namespaces.7

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At 2022-12-05T13:03:05+0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 2022-12-04 10:07:
> > Issue:    mount or unmount → mount or umount
> 
> The system call and the command line tool are written without "n" for
> historical reasons, but it's spelled "unmount" otherwise.
> 
> > "This mount shares events with members of a peer group.  Mount and unmount "
> > "events immediately under this mount will propagate to the other mounts that "
> > "are members of the peer group.  I<Propagation> here means that the same "
> > "mount or unmount will automatically occur under all of the other mounts in "
> > "the peer group.  Conversely, mount and unmount events that take place under "
> > "peer mounts will propagate to this mount."

Yes, let us please not entrench Thompson spelling reforms to English in
ordinary prose, lest we creat more problems than we solve.

Regards,
Branden

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