Fix typos in manpages

9 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6bdd71125..7f6d893d2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apt (0.7.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  [ Christian Perrier ]
+  * Fix typos in manpages. Thanks to Daniel Leidert for the fixes
+    Closes: #444922
+
+ -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:34:02 +0100
+
 apt (0.7.11) unstable; urgency=critical
   
   [ Raise urgency to critical since it fixes a critical but for Debian
diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index 8cfbc72e9..de7e5f7a3 100644
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
       Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, 
       <command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the given 
       file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. 
-      This is used when processing source indexs.</para></listitem>
+      This is used when processing source indexes.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>     
    </refsect2>
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 1bd21a5df..329a46c51 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
-     This is usefull for tools like pbuilder.
+     This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
index 5af27a337..812fc406a 100644
--- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
    <para>
      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
-     depedencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
+     dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed.
    </para>
diff --git a/doc/apt-secure.8.xml b/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
index fa13ddc0f..01b157789 100644
--- a/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
        <listitem><para><literal>Create a toplevel Release
        file</literal>.  if it does not exist already. You can do this
        by running <command>apt-ftparchive release</command> 
-       (provided inftp apt-utils).</para></listitem>
+       (provided in apt-utils).</para></listitem>
    
       <listitem><para><literal>Sign it</literal>. You can do this by running
       <command>gpg -abs -o Release.gpg Release</command>.</para></listitem>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 &debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;
 </para>
 
-<para>For more backgound information you might want to review the
+<para>For more background information you might want to review the
 <ulink
 url="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7.en.html">Debian
 Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 5bc6c55db..64724f211 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
    the APT tool group, for the Get tool. options do not inherit from their 
    parent groups.</para> 
 
-   <para>Syntacticly the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools
+   <para>Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools
    such as bind and dhcp use.  Lines starting with
    <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored).
    Each line is of the form
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      configuration file. This entry specifies the commands to send to tell 
      the proxy server what to connect to. Please see 
      &configureindex; for an example of 
-     how to do this. The subsitution variables available are 
+     how to do this. The substitution variables available are 
      <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal> <literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal> <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>
      <literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal> <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and <literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>
      Each is taken from it's respective URI component.</para>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its low efficiency.</para>
 
      <para>The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 
-     <literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The defaut is false, which means
+     <literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is false, which means
      these commands are only used if the control connection is IPv6. Setting this
      to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note that most FTP servers
      do not support RFC2428.</para></listitem>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded archives, 
    <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can be turned off
    by setting their names to be blank. This will slow down startup but
-   save disk space. It is probably prefered to turn off the pkgcache rather
+   save disk space. It is probably preferred to turn off the pkgcache rather
    than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the default
    directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal></para>
 
diff --git a/doc/apt.ent b/doc/apt.ent
index 99fe443cf..44e303495 100644
--- a/doc/apt.ent
+++ b/doc/apt.ent
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-o</option></term>
       <term><option>--option</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
+     <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
       configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
      </para>
      </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index ab0107d36..3f8d4568d 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ one or more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>.
 This provides a place for comments.</para>
 
 <para>The <literal>Pin-Priority:</literal> line in each APT preferences record is
-optional.  If omitted, APT assigs a priority of 1 less than the last value
+optional.  If omitted, APT assigns a priority of 1 less than the last value
 specified on a line beginning with <literal>Pin-Priority: release ...</literal>.</para>
 </refsect2>
 </refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 8893b5b74..c20011c9c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
    last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
-   values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitary
+   values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary
    items in a custom configuration.
    
    In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Acquire
     Timeout "120";
     
     /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
-       is prefered if possible */
+       is preferred if possible */
     Passive "true";
     Proxy::Passive "true";
     Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Acquire
 
   gpgv
   {
-   Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";}	// not very usefull on a normal system
+   Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";}	// not very useful on a normal system
   };
 };