tweak Config texts and some broken English elsewhere

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index a983e44336e8ce83afe4d66e2463d7befa9cdd0d..1ea6f3d163fc871b4a46818b0f8137362d28c478 100644 (file)
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ config AR
          probably say N here.
 
 config FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
-       bool "Support for long filenames (not need for debs)"
+       bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
        default n
        depends on AR
        help
-         By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
-         the filename, this option removes that limitation.
+         By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters
+         of the filename, this option removes that limitation.
          It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
          filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
 
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ config FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
          tar archives using the `-c' option.
 
 config FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
-       bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs"
+       bool "Autodetect compressed tarballs"
        default n
        depends on FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
        help
-         With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed
+         With this option tar can automatically detect compressed
          tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
 
 config FEATURE_TAR_FROM

diff --git a/findutils/Config.in b/findutils/Config.in
index d69a2385b4a38e8991c79b5f502f0d15661a2aee..2f0e3c741474305419ddeb09f301b89df68998da 100644 (file)
--- a/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/findutils/Config.in
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ config FIND
          find is used to search your system to find specified files.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0
-       bool "Enable -print0 option"
+       bool "Enable -print0: NUL-separated output"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
-         Causes output names to be separated by a null character
+         Causes output names to be separated by a NUL character
          rather than a newline. This allows names that contain
          newlines and other whitespace to be more easily
          interpreted by other programs.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MTIME
-       bool "Enable modified time matching (-mtime option)"
+       bool "Enable -mtime: modified time matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_MTIME
          files, in days.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MMIN
-       bool "Enable modified time matching (-mmin option)"
+       bool "Enable -mmin: modified time matching by minutes"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_MMIN
          files, in minutes.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PERM
-       bool "Enable permissions matching (-perm option)"
+       bool "Enable -perm: permissions matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          Enable searching based on file permissions.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_TYPE
-       bool "Enable filetype matching (-type option)"
+       bool "Enable -type: file type matching (file/dir/link/...)"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_TYPE
          directory, socket, device, etc.).
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_XDEV
-       bool "Enable 'stay in filesystem' option (-xdev)"
+       bool "Enable -xdev: 'stay in filesystem'"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          This option allows find to restrict searches to a single filesystem.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MAXDEPTH
-       bool "Enable -maxdepth N option"
+       bool "Enable -maxdepth N"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          This option enables -maxdepth N option.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_NEWER
-       bool "Enable -newer option for comparing file mtimes"
+       bool "Enable -newer: compare file modification times"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_NEWER
          a modified time that is more recent than the specified FILE.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_INUM
-       bool "Enable inode number matching (-inum option)"
+       bool "Enable -inum: inode number matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          Support the 'find -inum' option for searching by inode number.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_EXEC
-       bool "Enable -exec option allowing execution of commands"
+       bool "Enable -exec: execute commands"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_EXEC
          the files matched.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_USER
-       bool "Enable username/uid matching (-user option)"
+       bool "Enable -user: username/uid matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          Support the 'find -user' option for searching by username or uid.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_GROUP
-       bool "Enable group/gid matching (-group option)"
+       bool "Enable -group: group/gid matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_NOT
          the non-POSIX notation '-not'.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_DEPTH
-       bool "Enable the -depth option"
+       bool "Enable -depth"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_PAREN
          Enable usage of parens '(' to specify logical order of arguments.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_SIZE
-       bool "Enable -size option allowing matching for file size"
+       bool "Enable -size: file size matching"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          Support the 'find -size' option for searching by file size.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PRUNE
-       bool "Enable -prune option allowing to exclude subdirectories"
+       bool "Enable -prune: exclude subdirectories"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_PRUNE
          exclusion .svn and CVS directories.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_DELETE
-       bool "Enable -delete option allowing to delete files"
+       bool "Enable -delete: delete files/dirs"
        default n
        depends on FIND && FEATURE_FIND_DEPTH
        help
@@ -151,21 +151,21 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_DELETE
          try to protect the user from doing stupid things. Use with care.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PATH
-       bool "Enable -path option allowing to match pathname patterns"
+       bool "Enable -path: match pathname with shell pattern"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          The -path option matches whole pathname instead of just filename.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_REGEX
-       bool "Enable -regex: match pathname to regex"
+       bool "Enable -regex: match pathname with regex"
        default y
        depends on FIND
        help
          The -regex option matches whole pathname against regular expression.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_CONTEXT
-       bool "Enable -context option for matching security context"
+       bool "Enable -context: security context matching"
        default n
        depends on FIND && SELINUX
        help
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ config GREP
          grep is used to search files for a specified pattern.
 
 config FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
-       bool "Support extended regular expressions (egrep & grep -E)"
+       bool "Enable extended regular expressions (egrep & grep -E)"
        default y
        depends on GREP
        help
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ config FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS
        help
          fgrep sees the search pattern as a normal string rather than
          regular expressions.
-         grep -F is always builtin, this just creates the fgrep alias.
+         grep -F always works, this just creates the fgrep alias.
 
 config FEATURE_GREP_CONTEXT
        bool "Enable before and after context flags (-A, -B and -C)"
@@ -208,40 +208,39 @@ config XARGS
        bool "xargs"
        default n
        help
-         xargs is used to execute a specified command on
+         xargs is used to execute a specified command for
          every item from standard input.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-       bool "Enable prompt and confirmation option -p"
+       bool "Enable -p: prompt and confirmation"
        default n
        depends on XARGS
        help
-         Support prompt the user about whether to run each command
+         Support -p: prompt the user whether to run each command
          line and read a line from the terminal.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
-       bool "Enable support single and double quotes and backslash"
+       bool "Enable single and double quotes and backslash"
        default n
        depends on XARGS
        help
-         Default xargs unsupport single and double quotes
-         and backslash for can use aruments with spaces.
+         Support quoting in the input.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
-       bool "Enable support options -x"
+       bool "Enable -x: exit if -s or -n is exceeded"
        default n
        depends on XARGS
        help
-         Enable support exit if the size (see the -s or -n option)
+         Support -x: exit if the command size (see the -s or -n option)
          is exceeded.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-       bool "Enable null terminated option -0"
+       bool "Enable -0: null terminated input"
        default n
        depends on XARGS
        help
-         Enable input filenames are terminated by a null character
-         instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash
+         Support -0: input items are terminated by a NUL character
+         instead of whitespace, and the quotes and backslash
          are not special.
 
 endmenu

diff --git a/libbb/Config.in b/libbb/Config.in
index 7ced387a9b46c85823b9bdd6b7f8bb579bb107bf..a572775c98e78411a744a1c96782bade1dc38f44 100644 (file)
--- a/libbb/Config.in
+++ b/libbb/Config.in
@@ -163,4 +163,5 @@ config FEATURE_HWIB
        help
          Support for printing infiniband addresses in
          network applets.
+
 endmenu

diff --git a/libbb/inet_common.c b/libbb/inet_common.c
index fa4d8672fe2a9280833d3387ed8487a254813ee6..0fc08d69d25f99ef1dc7eaba73ae1dcada767b67 100644 (file)
--- a/libbb/inet_common.c
+++ b/libbb/inet_common.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC INET6_rresolve(struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6, int numeric)
 
        if (sin6->sin6_family != AF_INET6) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
-               bb_error_msg("rresolve: unsupport address family %d!",
+               bb_error_msg("rresolve: unsupported address family %d!",
                                  sin6->sin6_family);
 #endif
                errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;

diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index ef8d9692a342456b48efd87dd74ae2911242651c..d2a2e04d17a988bf9cfaa7eb0c38b9388a3e6d63 100644 (file)
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ config MODPROBE
          level.
 
 config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
-       bool
-       prompt "Blacklist support"
+       bool "Blacklist support"
        default n
        depends on MODPROBE
        help

diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 6e3ed0fad4069ce83eb3d73a512101823f333e88..861d96346e3b6783900f99af073954b03ed5e975 100644 (file)
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ config FEATURE_UNIX_LOCAL
        default n
        help
          Enable Unix domain socket support in all busybox networking
-         applets.
+         applets.  Address of the form local:/path/to/unix/socket
+         will be recognized.
+
+         This extension is almost never used in real world usage.
+         You most likely want to say N.
 
 config FEATURE_PREFER_IPV4_ADDRESS
        bool "Prefer IPv4 addresses from DNS queries"
@@ -833,15 +837,14 @@ config TFTP_DEBUG
        default n
        depends on TFTP || TFTPD
        help
-         Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
-         into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
-         you run into problems.
+         Make tftp[d] print debugging messages on stderr.
+         This is useful if you are diagnosing a bug in tftp[d].
 
 config TRACEROUTE
        bool "traceroute"
        default n
        help
-         Utility to trace the route of IP packets
+         Utility to trace the route of IP packets.
 
 config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
        bool "Enable verbose output"