Fix a/an misuse and other minor wording issues

Fix several misuses of a vs. an and other minor grammatical problems
or unusual phrasing.  Patch from Michiel de Boer.

git-archimport-id: rra@debian.org--lenny/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-10

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 647e17b33d664939850a2a84a54361334bd2671b..ee068fc28bd0c972c484d464fdf8bc03a81fd694 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     and Marco d'Itri.
   * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
     virtual packages.
+  * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
+    thanks to Michiel de Boer.                               (Closes: #435207).
 
  --
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 4f2d47c1b744ddcdf139e4efe36efc71d031930a..46ae4eb7db85dd3594b8b3c9b902b5a2ae62ba0c 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -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
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@ Package: libc6
          <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
@@ -3531,10 +3531,10 @@ Package: libc6
                       <example compact="compact">
 <var>new-postrm</var> abort-install
                       </example>
-                      If the error-unwind fails, the package is in an
+                      If the error-unwind fails, the package is in a
                       "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>
@@ -3911,7 +3911,7 @@ Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), exim | mail-transport-agent
          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
@@ -7817,7 +7817,7 @@ http://localhost/doc/<var>package</var>/<var>filename</var>
        </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