From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:09:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Reword so as not to exclude the possibility that INCREMENT be zero.
X-Git-Tag: v5.1.3~65
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=058f602aeb035c011464dff98167c5693b26a76f;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

Reword so as not to exclude the possibility that INCREMENT be zero.
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diff --git a/src/seq.c b/src/seq.c
index 45b029bb5f..0394c35e38 100644
--- a/src/seq.c
+++ b/src/seq.c
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.\n\
       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       fputs (_("\
 \n\
-If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1.\n\
+If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1.  That is, an\n\
+omitted INCREMENT defaults to 1 even when LAST is smaller than FIRST.\n \
 FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values.\n\
-INCREMENT should be positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and negative\n\
-otherwise.  When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\
+INCREMENT is usually positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and\n\
+INCREMENT is usually negative if FIRST is greater than LAST.\n\
+When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of\n\
 the printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, %g\n\
 "), stdout);
       printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);