Bug#435207: Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.2.2
While reading debian-policy for the first time I decided
to write down any spelling errors or erratic sentences.
Below is a patch; let me know if it's acceptable.
Please improve, scrap or change any part of it that I
modified inappropriately.
Kind regards,
Michiel de Boer
x@rebelhomicide.demon.nl
diff -Nru debian-policy-3.7.2.2.orig/policy.sgml debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml
--- debian-policy-3.7.2.2.orig/policy.sgml 2006-10-03 00:36:50.000000000 +0200
+++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2007-07-26 10:14:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
Packages which are necessary for the proper
functioning of the system (usually, this means that
dpkg functionality depends on these packages).
- Removing an <tt>required</tt> package may cause your
+ Removing a <tt>required</tt> package may cause your
system to become totally broken and you may not even
be able to use <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to put things back,
so only do so if you know what you are doing. Systems
@@ -3223,7 +3223,7 @@
<prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>, <prgn>install-info</prgn>,
and <prgn>update-rc.d</prgn> can be found via the
<tt>PATH</tt> environment variable. Those programs, and any
- other program that one would expect to be on the
+ other program that one would expect to be in the
<tt>PATH</tt>, should thus be invoked without an absolute
pathname. Maintainer scripts should also not reset the
<tt>PATH</tt>, though they might choose to modify it by
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@
If the error-unwind fails, the package is in an
"Half Installed" phase, and requires a
reinstall. If the error unwind works, the
- package is in an not installed state.
+ package is in a not installed state.
</item>
</enumlist>
</item>
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@
list of Debian architecture names separated by whitespace.
Exclamation marks may be prepended to each of the names.
(It is not permitted for some names to be prepended with
- exclamation marks and others not.) If the current Debian
+ exclamation marks while others aren't.) If the current Debian
host architecture is not in this list and there are no
exclamation marks in the list, or it is in the list with a
prepended exclamation mark, the package name and the
@@ -7785,7 +7785,7 @@
</p>
<p>
- Such package should check for the existence of this file
+ Such a package should check for the existence of this file
when it is being configured. If it exists, it should be
used without comment, although an MTA's configuration script
may wish to prompt the user even if it finds that this file
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