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SubjectRe: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review
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Hi David,

On 12/13/2016 02:31 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I use/Linux man-pages uses the "Oxford comma" convention.
>
> "... an optional comma ..." ;-)
>
> There's also:
>
> ... LSM security checks are still performed, and may filter out
> further keys that the process is not authorized to view.
>
> but has two parts and isn't a list... ;-P

Oxford comma doesn't apply there... But, to me, it depends how
you read the text aloud. I'd read it with a pause where the comma is,
and so added a comma there.

>
>>>> D The key is dead (i.e., has been deleted). (A
>>>> key may be briefly in this state during
>>>> garbage collection.)
>>>
>>> No - "dead" in this context means that the key type was unregistered.
>>
>> Okay, so the text should read as:
>>
>> D The key is dead (i.e., the key has been unregis‐
>> tered). (A key may be briefly in this state
>> during garbage collection.)
>>
>> Right?
>
> Not quite. The driver for the key type has been unregistered, not the key.

Bother. I meant to write "key type"! Fixed.

Cheers,

Michael


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