PATCH: inn-2.3.2 contained misspellings of the word _aid_

Adam J. Richter adam at yggdrasil.com
Sun Jul 22 07:25:19 UTC 2001


	inn-2.3.2 misspells the word "aid" as "aide" in two places.
_Aide_ is also a word in English, but it only refers to a person.
Here are the definitions of the words from webster.com.  I believe the
intended meaning of the uses in inn-2.3.2 are definition 3b of _aid_.


Aide:
	Main Entry: aide 
	Pronunciation: 'Ad
	Function: noun
	Etymology: short for aide-de-camp
	Date: 1777
	: a person who acts as an assistant; specifically : a military
	  officer acting as assistant to a superior 


Aid:
	Main Entry: 2aid
	Function: noun
	Date: 15th century
        1 : a subsidy granted to the king by the English parliament
	    until the 18th century for an extraordinary purpose
        2 a : the act of helping b : help given : ASSISTANCE;
          specifically : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies)
        3 a : an assisting person or group -- compare AIDE b : something
          by which assistance is given : an assisting device <an aid to
	  understanding> <a visual aid>; especially : HEARING AID
        4 : a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord 




	Please apply this patch.  Thank you.

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diff -u -r inn-2.3.2/MANIFEST inn/MANIFEST
--- inn-2.3.2/MANIFEST	Thu May  3 13:27:32 2001
+++ inn/MANIFEST	Sat Jul 21 23:11:07 2001
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 frontends/scanspool.in                Scan spool directory for trash
 frontends/signcontrol.in              PGP control message signing program
 frontends/sm.c                        Get article or overview data from token
-frontends/sys2nf.c                    Sys file to newsfeeds conversion aide
+frontends/sys2nf.c                    Sys file to newsfeeds conversion aid
 include                               Header files (Directory)
 include/acconfig.h                    Master file for config.h.in
 include/clibrary.h                    C library portability
diff -u -r inn-2.3.2/doc/man/inews.1 inn/doc/man/inews.1
--- inn-2.3.2/doc/man/inews.1	Thu May  3 13:27:32 2001
+++ inn/doc/man/inews.1	Sat Jul 21 23:11:11 2001
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 accepts, but ignores, the ``\fB\-A\fP'', ``\fB\-V\fP'' and ``\fB\-W\fP'' flags.
 .TP
 .B \-D
-As a debugging aide, if the ``\fB\-D\fP'' flag is used, the consistency checks
+As a debugging aid, if the ``\fB\-D\fP'' flag is used, the consistency checks
 will be performed, and the article will be sent to the standard output,
 rather then sent to the server.
 .TP


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