Bug#542831: lintian: Convertor is reported as a spelling mistake with -E
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Russ Allbery wrote:
> Harry Rickards <hrickards@l33tmyst.com> writes:
>
>> When using -E on a package with convertor in it's binary, lintian reports the
>> following:
>> X: lives: spelling-error-in-binary ./usr/lib/lives/lives-exe convertor
>> converter
>
>> However convertor is a valid english word. See
>> http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=*&Query=convertor.
>
> I'm afraid those dictionaries are wrong, at least as dictionaries are
> normally judged. The word is converter per both Merriam-Webster and the
> Oxford English Dictionary. The OED specifically lists convertor as an
> erroneous spelling.
>
Okay. Shall I close the bug?
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Thanks
Harry Rickards <hrickards@l33tmyst.com>
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