linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [IPv6] spelling fix in /proc: /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/temp_prefered

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Message-Id: <20080319.165354.182584404.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:53:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rick.jones2@...com
Cc:	benoit.boissinot@...-lyon.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pekkas@...core.fi, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [IPv6] spelling fix in /proc:
 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/temp_prefered_lft

From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:17:30 -0700

> I've not split many hairs today so I'll ask - is there _no_ way to 
> migrate a name in /proc et al?  While it may be minor to most, it would 
> seem that leaving spelling errors out where users see them doesn't 
> convey all that positive an image.

It's encoded into binaries out there, so we can really
never change these things.
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