From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:45:58 +0000 (-0500) Subject: [typo-fixes]: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=654f0550b587a9df29614b6fc189942f43826476;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git [typo-fixes]: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors Thanks to Eric Dantan Rzewnicki for pointing them out. Signed-off-by: Manoj Srivastava --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 8bf65da..6823819 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ debian-policy (3.8.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Wording: Manoj Srivastava Seconded: Russ Allbery Closes: #545548 - - -- Manoj Srivastava Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:11:26 -0500 + * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]: + policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors + wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + + -- Manoj Srivastava Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:35 -0500 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 87a994e..60984bc 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -90,11 +90,10 @@ is used by, a significant number of packages, and therefore should not be changed without peer review. Package maintainers can then rely on this - interfaces not changing, and the package - management software authors need to ensure - compatibility with these interface - definitions. (Control file and changelog file - formats are examples.) + interface not changing, and the package management + software authors need to ensure compatibility with + this interface definition. (Control file and + changelog file formats are examples.) Chosen Convention @@ -2690,7 +2689,7 @@ Package: libc6 Priority

- This field represents how important that it is that the user + This field represents how important it is that the user have the package installed. See .

@@ -2799,8 +2798,8 @@ Package: libc6

- See for information how to get the - architecture for the build process. + See for information on how to get + the architecture for the build process.

@@ -2861,8 +2860,8 @@ Package: libc6

Thus only the first three components of the policy version are significant in the Standards-Version control - field, and so either these three components or the all - four components may be specified. + field, and so either these three components or all four + components may be specified. In the past, people specified the full version number in the Standards-Version field, for example "2.3.0.0". Since minor patch-level changes don't introduce new @@ -3254,7 +3253,7 @@ Package: libc6 for the most recent version should be returned first, and entries should be separated by the representation of a blank line (the "title" line may also be followed by the - representation of blank line). + representation of a blank line).

@@ -3913,13 +3912,13 @@ Files: old-preinst abort-upgrade new-version - If this fails, the old version is left in an + If this fails, the old version is left in a "Half Installed" state. If it works, dpkg now calls: new-postrm abort-upgrade old-version - If this fails, the old version is left in an + If this fails, the old version is left in a "Half Installed" state. If it works, dpkg now calls: @@ -5337,10 +5336,10 @@ dpkg-shlibdeps debian/tmp/usr/bin/* debian/tmp/usr/sbin/* \

- If you are creating a udeb for use in the Debian Installer, you - will need to specify that dpkg-shlibdeps should use - the dependency line of type udeb by adding - -tudeb as option + If you are creating a udeb for use in the Debian Installer, + you will need to specify that dpkg-shlibdeps + should use the dependency line of type udeb by + adding the -tudeb option dh_shlibdeps from the debhelper suite will automatically add this option if it knows it is processing a udeb. @@ -5684,13 +5683,15 @@ libbar 1 bar1 (>= 1.0-1)

- Note, that this applies only to directories below - /usr/local, not in /usr/local. - Packages must not create sub-directories in the directory - /usr/local itself, except those listed in FHS, - section 4.5. However, you may create directories below - them as you wish. You must not remove any of the - directories listed in 4.5, even if you created them. + Note that this applies only to + directories below /usr/local, + not in /usr/local. Packages must + not create sub-directories in the + directory /usr/local itself, except those + listed in FHS, section 4.5. However, you may create + directories below them as you wish. You must not remove + any of the directories listed in 4.5, even if you created + them.

@@ -5751,9 +5752,10 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true The system-wide mail directory

- The system-wide mail directory is /var/mail. This - directory is part of the base system and should not owned - by any particular mail agents. The use of the old + The system-wide mail directory + is /var/mail. This directory is part of the + base system and should not be owned by any particular mail + agents. The use of the old location /var/spool/mail is deprecated, even though the spool may still be physically located there.

@@ -8607,9 +8609,9 @@ name ["syshostname"]:

Customization of programs' X resources may also be supported with the provision of a file with the same name - as that of the package placed in the - /etc/X11/Xresources/ directory, which must - registered as a conffile or handled as a + as that of the package placed in + the /etc/X11/Xresources/ directory, which + must be registered as a conffile or handled as a configuration file. Note that this mechanism is not the same as using app-defaults; app-defaults are tied to the client