Bug#886890: Fix for found typos
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.3.0
While reading the Debian policy document I was inspired to look
for typos. Attached is a patch that fixes the ones that I found.
/ Sebastian
From 349e88beaffbb429731a4ac1b8f1c00a6cfe2af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Rasmussen <sebras@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:14:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a few typos.
---
README.md | 2 +-
copyright-format-1.0.xml | 2 +-
historical/README.shlibdeps | 2 +-
perl-policy.xml | 2 +-
policy/ch-opersys.rst | 2 +-
tools/policy-bug-report | 2 +-
virtual-package-names-list.txt | 4 ++--
7 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3896275..bcad4d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Link Up: https://www.debian.org/
+ Request tracker:: <https://bugs.debian.org/src:debian-policy>
Debian Policy uses a formal procedure and a set of user tags to manage
-the lifecycle of change proposals. For definitions of those tags and
+the life cycle of change proposals. For definitions of those tags and
proposal states and information about what the next step is for each
phase, see [Policy changes process](./Process.md).
diff --git a/copyright-format-1.0.xml b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
index 58d7c49..0423202 100644
--- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml
+++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
<para>
Only the wildcards <literal>*</literal> and <literal>?</literal>
apply; the former matches any number of characters (including
- none), the latter a single character. Both match slashs
+ none), the latter a single character. Both match slashes
(<literal>/</literal>) and leading dots, unlike shell globs.
The pattern <literal>*.in</literal> therefore matches any
file whose name ends in <literal>.in</literal> anywhere in
diff --git a/historical/README.shlibdeps b/historical/README.shlibdeps
index 34a4285..e09261d 100644
--- a/historical/README.shlibdeps
+++ b/historical/README.shlibdeps
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ libraries according to ldd:
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
Now if we leek a bit closed we see that xcdrgtk actually only links to
-a couple of those libraries directly. The actual depencies are a tree
+a couple of those libraries directly. The actual dependencies are a tree
which looks something like this: (anyone interested in writing a tool
to make such a graph?)
diff --git a/perl-policy.xml b/perl-policy.xml
index 9888287..4471d68 100644
--- a/perl-policy.xml
+++ b/perl-policy.xml
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ $(MAKE) OPTIMIZE="-O2 -g -Wall"</screen>
As with modules, packages using <command>debhelper</command> may
use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dh_perl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to automatically generate dependences (see <xref
+ to automatically generate dependencies (see <xref
linkend="s-dh-perl"/>).
</para>
</section>
diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
index 3e3a1c7..a6a3114 100644
--- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Debian Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply:
5. The requirement that ``/usr/local/share/man`` be "synonymous" with
``/usr/local/man`` is relaxed to a recommendation
-6. The requirement that windowmanagers with a single configuration file
+6. The requirement that window managers with a single configuration file
call it ``system.*wmrc`` is removed, as is the restriction that the
window manager subdirectory be named identically to the window
manager name itself.
diff --git a/tools/policy-bug-report b/tools/policy-bug-report
index 5d68617..110b6ac 100755
--- a/tools/policy-bug-report
+++ b/tools/policy-bug-report
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sub die_soap {
die "SOAP error: $error\n";
}
-# Initialize the SOAP::Lite object with the currect URL and namespace and
+# Initialize the SOAP::Lite object with the correct URL and namespace and
# return it.
sub init_soap {
my $soap = SOAP::Lite->uri ($NAMESPACE)->proxy ($URL);
diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.txt b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
index 4f82f88..30f1996 100644
--- a/virtual-package-names-list.txt
+++ b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The procedure for updating the list is as follows:
3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (which is the
Debian Policy list <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>) notifying them
- of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if noone objected).
+ of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if no one objected).
Please update the bug report at the same time.
Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Database
virtual-mysql-client-core a MySQL-database-compatible client core package
virtual-mysql-server a MySQL-database-compatible server package
virtual-mysql-server-core a MySQL-database-compatible server core package
- virtual-mysql-testsuite a MySQL-database-compatible test suite packag
+ virtual-mysql-testsuite a MySQL-database-compatible test suite package
Development
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2.15.1
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