Bug#69426: [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.0.0
There are a few misspellings in policy.sgml, as well as some awkward
sentences. And the example of how to use update-rc.d when removing a
package incorrectly refers to acct instead of bind. The following
patches fixes these problems.
Matt
--- policy.sgml.orig Sat Aug 19 08:45:12 2000
+++ policy.sgml Sat Aug 19 08:54:31 2000
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
<p>
Every package has to specify the dependency information
- about other packages, that are required for the first to
+ about other packages that are required for the first to
work correctly.</p>
<p>
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@
package is purged:
<example>
if [ purge = "$1" ]; then
- update-rc.d acct remove >/dev/null
+ update-rc.d bind remove >/dev/null
fi
</example></p>
</sect1></sect>
@@ -2120,11 +2120,11 @@
If the environment variable <tt>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</tt>
contains the string <tt>debug</tt>, compile the software with
debugging information (usually this involves adding the
- <tt>-g</tt> flag to <tt>CFLAGS</tt>). This allows to generate
+ <tt>-g</tt> flag to <tt>CFLAGS</tt>). This allows the generation of
a build tree with debugging information. If the environment
variable <tt>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</tt> contains the
string <tt>nostrip</tt>, do not strip the files at installation
- time. This allows to generate a package with debugging
+ time. This allows the generation of a package with debugging
information included. The following makefile snippet
is only an example how to test for either
condition:
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@
<p>
The files <tt>/var/run/utmp</tt>, <tt>/var/log/wtmp</tt> and
- <tt>/var/log/lastlog</tt> must be installed writeable by
+ <tt>/var/log/lastlog</tt> must be installed writable by
group utmp. Programs who need to modify those files must
be installed install setgid utmp.
</p>
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@
<footnote>
<p>
Rationale: People should not have to look into two
- places ofr upstream changelogs merely because they are
+ places for upstream changelogs merely because they are
in HTML format.
</p>
</footnote>
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