222623 – emerge help contains the non-existent word "irregardless"

Bug 222623 - emerge help contains the non-existent word "irregardless"

Summary: emerge help contains the non-existent word "irregardless"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Documentation (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Keywords:	InVCS

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Blocks:	216231
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Reported:	2008-05-18 12:02 UTC by Jeremy Visser
Modified:	2008-05-28 04:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jeremy Visser 2008-05-18 12:02:20 UTC

If you look at the man page for emerge, you'll see that the help for the -F option contains the word "irregardless":

       --fetch-all-uri (-F)
              Instead  of doing any package building, just perform fetches for
              all packages (fetch everything in SRC_URI  irregardless  of  USE
              setting).

This word is widely regarded (no pun intended) as incorrect -- the word should be replaced with "regardless", which would carry the same meaning.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type "man emerge".
2. Type "/ irregardless".
3. Gawp in horror at the awful grammatical error.
Actual Results:  
Fainting, nausea, rapid breathing, and in some extreme cases, death.


Just FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2008-05-20 20:21:48 UTC

Thanks, this is fixed in 2.1.5.2.

Comment 2 Jeremy Visser 2008-05-28 04:31:46 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Thanks, this is fixed in 2.1.5.2.

Cool bananas. :)