Fix typos in man pages

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 489965cb13a3c7945675a9a125d802104eb1c3fd..ff24d6a415d0abf58a966d7eb6728a743c0a912a 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ dpkg (1.14.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Stop recognizing the obsolete Optional field when building packages.
   * Use fakeroot, if present, by default to gain root privileges in
     dpkg-buildpackage.
+  * Fix typos in dpkg-deb.1 and start-stop-daemon.8. Closes: #441051
+    Thanks to A. Costa.
 
   [ Updated dpkg translations ]
   * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo).

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 75d316984ad145fce9e41a59feed9341de8ab3c0..81d6b582a5057a133355966b3c95f4b117f4b017 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-08  A. Costa  <agcosta@gis.net>
+
+       * dpkg-deb.1: Fix typo ('seperated' -> 'separated').
+       * start-stop-daemon.8: Fix typo ('themself' -> 'themselves').
+
 2007-09-06  Guillem Jover  <guillem@debian.org>
 
        * dpkg-scanpackages.1: Replace gzip with bzip2 as the requirement for

diff --git a/man/dpkg-deb.1 b/man/dpkg-deb.1
index f8b238b34916323555f4f6ec79633dd7f804e664..7fa1123cbba9f58187d886ea23311c95c1167e0a 100644 (file)
--- a/man/dpkg-deb.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-deb.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg\-deb 1 "2007-07-18" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg\-deb 1 "2007-09-08" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
 .SH NAME
 dpkg\-deb \- Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
 .
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Provides information about a binary package archive in the format
 specified by the
 .B \-\-showformat
 argument. The default format displays the package's name and version
-on one line, seperated by a tabulator.
+on one line, separated by a tabulator.
 .TP
 .BR \-f ", " \-\-field " \fIarchive\fP [\fIcontrol-field-name\fP...]"
 Extracts control file information from a binary package archive.

diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index 6bc249600eadd55d6d8e3121ff88af7eeb757125..1f78ca146ba9ab0e6da2bd40ed090e8315c93774 100644 (file)
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH start\-stop\-daemon 8 "2007-03-06" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
+.TH start\-stop\-daemon 8 "2007-09-08" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
 .SH NAME
 start\-stop\-daemon \- start and stop system daemon programs
 .
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ cannot check the exit status if the process fails to execute for
 .B any
 reason. This is a last resort, and is only meant for programs that either
 make no sense forking on their own, or where it's not feasible to add the
-code for them to do this themself.
+code for them to do this themselves.
 .TP
 .BR \-N ", " \-\-nicelevel " \fIint\fP"
 This alters the priority of the process before starting it.