Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonalertable.
Valid values of the FlagList parameter include: Note: lf the -t flag is omitted, the -F flag can be used to select alertable or non-alertable error log entries.
1992, Commands Reference - Volume 2, page 2-901 more example
Match Alertable errors: This field is intended to be used by alert agents of system management applications application. If you do not use such applications, leave this field set to None. • None: Choose this value to ignore this entry. • All: Alert all errors. • Yes: Match alertable errors. • No: Match non-alertable errors.
2015, Dino Quintero, Shawn Bodily, Daniel J Martin-Corben, IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Cookbook, page 416 - not comparablebridgeNot alertable; Not requiring the partner to alert as part of a partnership agreement.
To my dismay, the editorial in this month's Bridge World takes the opposite position, arguing that under the rules as written, alerting a non-alertable bid is a violation.
2018 May 24, Marty Harris, “Alert after non forcing bid”, in Bridge Winners
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