r33: Initial Import

diff --git a/README b/README
index 53b6c3d916395ba58086897151e28d2a156f8dfd..2bb9c7a5c63c349aadfc45f8912af7fda278da1f 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ to automate common tasks. For further documentation, see the man pages for
 dh_* commands.
 
 To help you get started, I've included an example of a debian/rules file
-that uses debhelper commands extensivly. See
+that uses debhelper commands extensively. See
 /usr/doc/debhelper/examples/rules . These files are also useful as they give
 one good order you can run the different debhelper scripts in (though other
 variations are possible).
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ variations are possible).
 Converting from debstd to debhelper:
 -----------------------------------
 
-Debhelper is designed to be mostly backwards compatable to debstd. I say
-mostly becuase I haven't made debhelper handle everything that debstd does
+Debhelper is designed to be mostly backwards compatible to debstd. I say
+mostly because I haven't made debhelper handle everything that debstd does
 yet, and in a few cases, it does things differently (and I hope, better).
 
 In general, you can switch over to using debhelper as follows. In your
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ Notice that the parameters sent to debstd get split up among the dh_*
 programs. The upstream changelog is passed to dh_installchangelogs, and the
 docs are passed to dh_installdocs.
 
-Debstd has many switches, that turn off differnt parts of it. So if you 
+Debstd has many switches, that turn off different parts of it. So if you 
 were using debstd -m to tell it not to automatically install manpages,
 for example, you can just comment out the dh_installmanpages line.
 
 Finally, debstd automatically modified postinst, postrm, etc scripts. Some
-of the dehelper apps do that too, but they do it differnently. Debstd just
-appends its commands to the end of the script. Debhelper reqyires that you
+of the dehelper apps do that too, but they do it differently. Debstd just
+appends its commands to the end of the script. Debhelper requires that you
 insert a tag into your scripts, that will tell debhelper where to insert
 commands. So if you have postinst, postrm, etc scripts, add a line reading
-"#DEBHELPER" to the end of them.
+"#DEBHELPER#" to the end of them.
 
 Once you think it's all set up properly, do a test build of your package. If 
-it works ok, I reccommend that you compare the new package and the old 
+it works ok, I recommend that you compare the new package and the old 
 debstd-generated package very closely. Pay special attention to the postint, 
 postrm, etc scripts.
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ because you need to generate the architecture dependent packages in the
 binary-arch debian/rules target, and the architecture independent packages
 in the binary-indep debian/rules target.
 
-To faciliatate this, as well as give you more control over which packages
+To facilitate this, as well as give you more control over which packages
 are acted on by debhelper programs, all debhelper programs accept the
 following parameters:
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ package listed in debian/control, and debian/<packagename> for each
 additional package.
 
 Sometimes, you might want to use some other temporary directory. This is
-supported by the -P flag. The direcotry to use is specified after -P, for
+supported by the -P flag. The directory to use is specified after -P, for
 example, "dh_installdocs -Pdebian/tmp", will use debian/tmp as the temporary
 directory. Note that if you use -P, the debhelper programs can only be
 acting on a single package at a time. So if you have a package that builds

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 053ed04704417f68c594ae74045e66b1b94c3ec5..b652cde122e8dca8c108168b38dc0d5113940660 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debhelper (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * README: fixed typoes (one serious).
+  * Ran ispell on all the documentation.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:48:20 -0500
+
 debhelper (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * dh_installdirs: Do not create usr/doc/$PACKAGE directory. Bug #15498

diff --git a/dh_clean.1 b/dh_clean.1
index 651b5b084a88cf411de7074f957f8fb1ced65ec9..a9f0bdfd1d9b409a015c25900fcfbd9d9657f33b 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_clean.1
+++ b/dh_clean.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The
 and
 .B \-p
 arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
-the control file will have thier package build directories cleaned up.
+the control file will have their package build directories cleaned up.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
 .I DH_VERBOSE

diff --git a/dh_du.1 b/dh_du.1
index d7d5061ced0421ac8085b84c7d8e53713d811f43..315d0b98728585ebabf6c321df45035885c64d48 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_du.1
+++ b/dh_du.1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dh_du \- generate DEBIAN/du file
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_du is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
 a DEBIAN/du file, which lists the disk usage of directories in the package.
-This file isn't used by anthing yet, but it could be helpful for a future
+This file isn't used by anything yet, but it could be helpful for a future
 debian installer program.
 .P
 The du file is installed with proper permissions and ownerships.

diff --git a/dh_fixperms.1 b/dh_fixperms.1
index 8ae36def8de904ebe0c233219759fef21823d32a..c403836c15142e75afcf0633bef38960ad642dd3 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_fixperms.1
+++ b/dh_fixperms.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The
 and
 .B \-p
 arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
-the control file will have thier permissions fixed.
+the control file will have their permissions fixed.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
 .I DH_VERBOSE

diff --git a/dh_installdocs.1 b/dh_installdocs.1
index 68f3808c67a944a444d4a2675c9fc3c30ed2dd83..9724635edeead7729720ec54ebd3ad98f1229b67 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_installdocs.1
+++ b/dh_installdocs.1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ and
 arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
 the control file will be effected.
 .P
-Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hiearchies if
+Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
 you ask it to (it uses cp -a internally). If it is asked to install a
 directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT

diff --git a/dh_installexamples.1 b/dh_installexamples.1
index 5c8ce8c0335bf4fe602b625f5b3c040c5b2ee8bd..c940d25634eb1a2ef0a9ea538758d37314de814f 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_installexamples.1
+++ b/dh_installexamples.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ binary package listed in debian/control, if dh_installexamples is acting on
 that package.
 .P
 A file named debian/examples (for the first binary package in debian/control),
-or debian/package.exmaples (for each additional package in debian/control) can
+or debian/package.examples (for each additional package in debian/control) can
 list other files to be installed.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ and
 arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
 the control file will be effected.
 .P
-Note that dh_examples will happily copy entire directory hiearchies if
+Note that dh_examples will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
 you ask it to (it uses cp -a internally). If it is asked to install a
 directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT

diff --git a/dh_installmanpages.1 b/dh_installmanpages.1
index 067940446349b8d24c80914241be211596776431..7687ed9c7dff96a277503252a1671d0422798822 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_installmanpages.1
+++ b/dh_installmanpages.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dh_installmanpages scans the current directory and all subdirectories for
 filenames that look like man pages. It uses
 .BR file (1)
 to verify that the files are in the correct format. Then, based on the
-files' extentions, it installs them into the correct man directory.
+files' extensions, it installs them into the correct man directory.
 .P
 All filenames specified as parameters will be skipped by dh_installmanpages.
 This is useful if by default it installs some man pages that you do not want
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Enables verbose mode
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
 .SH BUGS
-Man pages with the extention
+Man pages with the extension
 .B .man
 are not automatically installed. 
 .P

diff --git a/dh_makeshlibs.1 b/dh_makeshlibs.1
index e4296e47dd3c1be7b14f6c160056ac3c5916b0a5..0b7df35378ab0525c2adb0069de0bb1dd17d2ab9 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_makeshlibs.1
+++ b/dh_makeshlibs.1
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Enables verbose mode
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
 .SH BUGS
-There is no guarentee that the program will get the shlibs file right. For
+There is no guarantee that the program will get the shlibs file right. For
 example, it may not correctly guess the major number of your package. In
-casews like these (and perhaps in general, just to be safe), it is better to
+cases like these (and perhaps in general, just to be safe), it is better to
 create a debian/shlibs file by hand.
 This is a "do what I Mean" type program - you have been warned!
 .SH AUTHOR

diff --git a/dh_suidregister.1 b/dh_suidregister.1
index 97dcb24be620284a383ff52ae54263fec4367dfa..c69f61285be75fe7b3824c4165e7bac39e2dac7e 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_suidregister.1
+++ b/dh_suidregister.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ will automatically register all files it finds.
 .P
 Note that this package modifies your postinst and postrm files. See
 .BR dh_installdebfiles (1)
-for an explination of how this works.
+for an explanation of how this works.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-v

diff --git a/dh_testdir.1 b/dh_testdir.1
index da2455420fb4a226720b10827254d49b0b4b9a60..c3212301ef4d303797af39af5c20c18fc41f4e0b 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_testdir.1
+++ b/dh_testdir.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
 This currently has no effect.
 .TP
 .B file ...
-Test for the existance of these files.
+Test for the existence of these files.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
 .I DH_VERBOSE

diff --git a/dh_undocumented.1 b/dh_undocumented.1
index d6ec21bf9d0c7c2b8cebc72a98a60c656ec9aa15..cea97516a9a445f1d8c42692bd8e0e97b0c693f8 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_undocumented.1
+++ b/dh_undocumented.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ man page for man pages that are not present in your package.
 The program takes a list of man pages that should be symlinked to
 .BR undocumented (7)
 It determines what directory the man pages should be placed in by examining
-their extentions - pages ending in "x" go into /usr/X11R6/man/, while pages
+their extensions - pages ending in "x" go into /usr/X11R6/man/, while pages
 that end in anything else go in /usr/man/. It also examines the extention to
 see what section the man page belongs in. After figuring this out, it
 generates the necessary symlinks to