Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Fix various typos found by Lintian

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Tue, 2020-06-16 at 14:44 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 26/04/2020 11:49, Luca Boccassi:
> > On Sat, 2020-04-25 at 19:47 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 04/03/2020 16:28, Luca Boccassi:
> > > > On Wed, 2020-03-04 at 14:34 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> > > > > On 29/02/2020 16:37, luca.boccassi@gmail.com  wrote:
> > > > > > Debian's linter is getting more and more annoy^^smart and now
> > > > > > parses binaries
> > > > > > for typos too - CC stable to get it off my back in the next
> > > > > > release
> > > > > 
> > > > > Minor: Probably linter is better trained in the Queen's English
> > > > > than
> > > > > me
> > > > > or it could be personal preference, but 'one' seems to be
> > > > > referring
> > > > > to
> > > > > the user and it reads a bit strange for me. e.g.
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Slave %d capabilities doesn't allow one to allocate additional
> > > > > queues"
> > > > > "hardware specifications that allow one to handle virtual memory"
> > > > > "Do not allow one to send packet if the maximum DMA.."
> > > > > 
> > > > > as opposed to
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Slave %d capabilities don't allow allocation of additional
> > > > > queues"
> > > > > "hardware specifications that allow handling of virtual memory"
> > > > > "Do not allow sending of a packet if the maximum DMA.."
> > > > 
> > > > You might be right - but the intent here is not to be correct, it's
> > > > to
> > > > get the linter to leave me alone :-)
> > > 
> > > I agree with Kevin that the wording "allow one to make" is strange.
> > > Would lintian leave you alone with "allow making"?
> > > 
> > > Anyway the "allow to" sentences are not typos.
> > > They could be reworded in a separate patch.
> > > 
> > > Patch partly applied, except the "allow one to" changes, thanks.
> > 
> > It probably would work - will check in the next cycle.
> 
> What are the news from Lintian?

Better, but still a bit angry at me:

 I: librte-pmd-bond20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_bond.so.20.0 "allow to" "allow one to"
 I: librte-pmd-hns3-20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-
linux-gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_hns3.so.20.0 does't doesn't
 I: librte-pmd-hns3-20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-
linux-gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_hns3.so.20.0 setted set
 I: librte-pmd-i40e20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_i40e.so.20.0 reseting resetting
 I: librte-pmd-ixgbe20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-
linux-gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.20.0 sempahore semaphore
 I: librte-pmd-qede20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_qede.so.20.0 acces access
 I: librte-pmd-qede20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_qede.so.20.0 erorr error
 I: librte-pmd-sfc20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_sfc.so.20.0 threashold threshold
 I: librte-pmd-virtio20.0: spelling-error-in-binary usr/lib/x86_64-
linux-gnu/dpdk/pmds-20.0/librte_pmd_virtio.so.20.0 does't doesn't