fixed various small problems reported

Author: joy
Date: 2003/04/16 15:13:19
fixed various small problems reported

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-214

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9bad593c578c2b556134de114928754e540971c3..6c39ddc0e7d40bf503bcb24486c278d6328a92b8 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
     closes: #182792.
   * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
     confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
+  * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422.
+  * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
   Manoj
   * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
     extention to an informative footnote.                    closes: Bug#165063

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 2bfe573da2ad4b8fa5d48e00741baf1b09749d04..9d9ce31c7136e0aaa6148ae7cffaf86a964aeefa 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
 
          <p>
            Programs which use patented algorithms that have a
-           restrictied license also need to be stored on "non-us",
+           restricted license also need to be stored on "non-us",
            since that is located in a country where it is not allowed
            to patent algorithms.
          </p>
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@
 
                <p>
                  With this increasing number of packages using
-                 <package>debconf</package>, plus the existance of a
+                 <package>debconf</package>, plus the existence of a
                  nascent second implementation of the Debian
                  configuration management system
                  (<package>cdebconf</package>), and the stabilization
@@ -5657,7 +5657,7 @@ install -s # (or use strip on the files in debian/tmp)
            <tag>noopt</tag>
            <item>
                The presence of this string means that the package
-               should be complied with a minimum of optimization.
+               should be compiled with a minimum of optimization.
                For C programs, it is best to add <tt>-O0</tt>
                to <tt>CFLAGS</tt> (although this is usually the
                default).  Some programs might fail to build or run at
@@ -5900,13 +5900,7 @@ strip --strip-unneeded <var>your-lib</var>
          <prgn>csh</prgn> and <prgn>tcsh</prgn> should be avoided as
          scripting languages.  See <em>Csh Programming Considered
          Harmful</em>, one of the <tt>comp.unix.*</tt> FAQs, which
-         can be found at <url
-         id="http://language.perl.com/versus/csh.whynot">.<footnote>
-             It can also be found on
-             <url id="http://www.cpan.org/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot">
-             or on the ftp site <ftpsite>ftp.cpan.org</ftpsite> as
-             <ftppath>/pub/perl/CPAN/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot</ftppath>.
-         </footnote>
+         can be found at <url id="http://language.perl.com/versus/csh.whynot">.
          If an upstream package comes with <prgn>csh</prgn> scripts
          then you must make sure that they start with
          <tt>#!/bin/csh</tt> and make your package depend on the
@@ -7598,7 +7592,7 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
          course!</p>
 
        <p>
-         Packages must not require the existance of any files in
+         Packages must not require the existence of any files in
          <file>/usr/share/doc/</file> in order to function
          <footnote>
              The system administrator should be able to