Bug#39673: apt: apt-get manpage: highlighting error and misspellings
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.6
Severity: normal
Please apply this diff to apt-get.8. It should be self-explanatory.
--- apt-get.8~ Thu Jun 17 16:01:45 1999
+++ apt-get.8 Thu Jun 17 16:04:01 1999
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
\fBsource\fP causes apt-get to fetch source packages\&. APT will examine the
available packages to decide which source package to fetch\&. It will then
find and download into the current directory the newest available version of
-that source package\&. Source packages are tracked seperately from binary
+that source package\&. Source packages are tracked separately from binary
packages via df(deb-src) type lines in the \fB/etc/apt/sources\&.list\fP file\&.
This probably will mean that you will not get the same source as the package
you have installed or as you could install\&. If the --compile options is
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@
.IP
.IP "\fBcheck\fP"
\fBcheck\fP is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for
-brokenpackages\&.
+broken packages\&.
.IP
.IP "\fBclean\fP"
\fBclean\fP clears out the local repository of retrieved package files\&. It
removes everything but the lock file from \fB/var/cache/apt/archives/\fP
and \fB/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/\fP\&.
When APT is used as a \fBdselect(8)\fP method, \fBclean\fP is run automatically\&.
-Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run \f(CWapt-get clean\fP
+Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run \fBapt-get clean\fP
from time to time to free up disk space\&.
.IP
.IP "\fBautoclean\fP"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
Help; display a helpful usage message and exits\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-v, --version\fP"
-Show the program verison\&.
+Show the program version\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-m, --ignore-missing, --fix-missing\fP"
Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
.IP
.IP "\fB-q, --quiet\fP"
Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators\&.
-More qs will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2\&. You can also use
+More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2\&. You can also use
\fB-q=#\fP to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file\&. Note that
quiet level 2 implies -y, you should never use -qq without a no-action
modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may decided to do something
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
.IP
.IP "\fB-y, --yes, --assume-yes\fP"
Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
-non-interactively\&. If an undesireable situation, such as changing a held
-package or removing an essential package occures then \fBapt-get\fP will
+non-interactively\&. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
+package or removing an essential package occurs then \fBapt-get\fP will
abort\&. See \fBAPT::Get::Assume-Yes\fP\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-u, --show-upgraded\fP"
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
.IP
.IP "\fB--ignore-hold\fP"
Ignore package Holds; This causes \fBapt-get\fP to ignore a hold placed on
-a package\&. This may be usefull in conjunction with \fBdist-upgrade\fP to
-override a large number of undesired holds\&. See \fBAPT::Ingore-Hold\fP\&.
+a package\&. This may be useful in conjunction with \fBdist-upgrade\fP to
+override a large number of undesired holds\&. See \fBAPT::Ignore-Hold\fP\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB--no-upgrade\fP"
Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with \fBinstall\fP
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
.IP
.IP "\fB--force-yes\fP"
Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue without
-prompting if it is doing something potentially harmfull\&. It should not be used
+prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful\&. It should not be used
except in very special situations\&. Using \fBforce-yes\fP can potentially destroy
your system! See \fBAPT::Get::force-yes\fP\&.
.IP
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
\fBapt\&.conf(5)\fP for syntax information\&.
.IP
.IP "\fB-o, --option\fP"
-Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option\&.
+Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option\&.
The syntax is
.DS
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux night 2.2.5 #1 Fri Apr 9 22:49:28 CEST 1999 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
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