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Change some wording in doc/intern.texi

Sergey Poznyakoff 2 年之前
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@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ The @code{uid} and @code{gid} fields are the numeric user and group
 not support numeric user or group @acronym{ID}s, these fields should
 not support numeric user or group @acronym{ID}s, these fields should
 be ignored.
 be ignored.
 
 
-The @code{size} field is the size of the file in bytes; linked files
-are archived with this field specified as zero.
+The @code{size} field is the size of the file in bytes; for archive
+members that are symbolic or hard links to another file, this field
+is specified as zero.
 
 
 The @code{mtime} field represents the data modification time of the file at
 The @code{mtime} field represents the data modification time of the file at
 the time it was archived.  It represents the integer number of
 the time it was archived.  It represents the integer number of
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ the simple sum of all bytes in the header block.  Each 8-bit
 byte in the header is added to an unsigned integer, initialized to
 byte in the header is added to an unsigned integer, initialized to
 zero, the precision of which shall be no less than seventeen bits.
 zero, the precision of which shall be no less than seventeen bits.
 When calculating the checksum, the @code{chksum} field is treated as
 When calculating the checksum, the @code{chksum} field is treated as
-if it were all blanks.
+if it were filled with spaces (ASCII 32).
 
 
 The @code{typeflag} field specifies the type of file archived.  If a
 The @code{typeflag} field specifies the type of file archived.  If a
 particular implementation does not recognize or permit the specified
 particular implementation does not recognize or permit the specified