Bug#748967: Strange wording

[Thorsten Glaser]

Kay Hayen dixit:

>The man page reads like this:
>
>       USENETWORK=no
>              Specify  yes when you do not want to disable network access
>during
>              build.
>
>There appears to be some inverted logic going on.

Indeed…

>Can you clarify, if "yes" is the right value to disable network, or if
>a "NO" is missing in the name.

Of course, “yes” is n̲o̲t̲ the right value to disable network. Read
the text again: specify “yes” when you do *not* want to disable
the network. Default is USENETWORK=no (network disabled). Which
reminds me… sorry @ Perl guys… will try to catch some hacking time
ASAP.

bye,
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