Re: faq10.html

On 05/25/12 04:10, Nick Holland wrote:
> On 05/24/12 12:25, rustyBSD wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Does the "Tell me about this chroot(2) Apache?" sentence mean something
>> ? (in faq10)
>> It should be : "Tell me about chroot(2) Apache".
>>
>> Am I wrong ?
>
> eh.
> It's somewhere between a slightly too casual American abuse of the
> English language and the fact that it is THIS OpenBSD Apache server
> which does chrooting, not a general Apache feature, and you won't find
> it anywhere else.
>
> Ok, I admit my justification is more of an "After-the-fact" analysis
> than a "this is what I meant when I wrote it", but it is kinda true. :)
>
> As for the question mark at the end, it's to be read with a slightly
> accusatory tone, as in "this used to work fine, you screwed this up for
> me, you had better have had a good reason, I'm giving you one chance to
> explain yourself"...so somewhere between a question and a challenge.
>
> I'll admit it isn't fine literature.  It was supposed to be a little bit
> of a fun read, though.  I'll think about that...it is also supposed to
> be approachable by people for whom English, or worse, Nicklish, isn't
> their native language, and it sounds like I missed in this case.
>
> Nick.
>
>
Mmhhh...