Use of unpatched myspell affix file (en_ZA.aff) breaks English (South Africa) myspell spell-checking
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openoffice.org-dictionaries (Debian) |
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openoffice.org-dictionaries (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: myspell-en-za
The affix file for the South African English Myspell dictionary contains problems that breaks myspell spell-checking in en_ZA. The problem is easily solved by replacing the /usr/share/
This is probably mainly a packaging error, since Commonwealth variants of English (Australian, Zimbabwean, South African etc.) are supposed to share affix patterns, as can be seen from the following. Header in en_ZA.aff:
# Affix file for British English MySpell dictionary
# Also suitable as basis for Commonwealth and European English.
# Built from scratch for MySpell. Released under LGPL.
#
# David Bartlett, Andrew Brown.
# R 1.18, 11/04/05
Header in en_GB.aff:
# Affix file for British English MySpell dictionary
# Also suitable as basis for Commonwealth and European English.
# Built from scratch for MySpell. Released under LGPL.
#
# David Bartlett, Andrew Brown.
# R 1.18, 11/04/05
#
# 2006-02-07 - NOSUGGEST, COMPOUNDRULE patches (nemeth AT OOo)
So it is a question of including the latest patched file also in the myspell-en-za package.
summary: |
- Errors in en_ZA.aff breaks English (South Africa) spell-checking in - OpenOffice + Use of unpatched myspell affix file (en_ZA.aff) breaks English (South + Africa) myspell spell-checking |