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January 7, 2011 02:48
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[perl #81910] [PATCH] Fix typos (spelling errors) in Porting/*.
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# New Ticket Created by (Peter J. Acklam)
# Please include the string: [perl #81910]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
# <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=81910 >
---
Porting/Glossary | 56 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
Porting/Maintainers.pl | 2 +-
Porting/Maintainers.pm | 2 +-
Porting/README.y2038 | 2 +-
Porting/bump-perl-version | 6 ++--
Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl | 2 +-
Porting/config_H | 12 ++++----
Porting/corecpan.pl | 2 +-
Porting/fixCORE | 2 +-
Porting/fixvars | 2 +-
Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod | 4 +-
Porting/makerel | 2 +-
Porting/pumpkin.pod | 6 ++--
Porting/regcharclass.pl | 10 +++---
Porting/valgrindpp.pl | 4 +-
15 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 9170c6c..4ee4c28 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ config_arg0 (Options.U):
command, as reported by the shell in the $0 variable.
config_argc (Options.U):
- This variable countains the number of command-line arguments
+ This variable contains the number of command-line arguments
passed to Configure, as reported by the shell in the $# variable.
The individual arguments are stored as variables config_argc1,
config_argc2, etc.
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ d_casti32 (d_casti32.U):
d_castneg (d_castneg.U):
This variable conditionally defines CASTNEG, which indicates
- wether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
+ whether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
d_charvspr (d_vprintf.U):
This variable conditionally defines CHARVSPRINTF if this system
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U):
d_eunice (Guess.U):
This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which
- alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS.
+ alerts the C program that it must deal with idiosyncrasies of VMS.
d_faststdio (d_faststdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FAST_STDIO symbol,
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
d_getespwnam (d_getespwnam.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETESPWNAM if getespwnam() is
- available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ available to retrieve enhanced (shadow) password entries by name.
d_getfsstat (d_getfsstat.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETFSSTAT symbol, which
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ d_memcpy (d_memcpy.U):
d_memmove (d_memmove.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMMOVE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the memmove() routine is available
- to copy potentatially overlapping blocks of memory.
+ to copy potentially overlapping blocks of memory.
d_memset (d_memset.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMSET symbol, which
@@ -1628,41 +1628,41 @@ d_prctl_set_name (d_prctl.U):
d_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
d_PRIi64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines PRINTF_FORMAT_NULL_OK, which
@@ -1670,20 +1670,20 @@ d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
d_PRIo64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIo64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
d_PRIu64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIu64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
numbers.
d_PRIx64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIx64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
d_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ d_scm_rights (d_socket.U):
d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ d_telldirproto (d_telldirproto.U):
d_time (d_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
- that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly
+ that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normally
provided on UNIX systems.
d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
d_times (d_times.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMES symbol, which indicates
- that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly
+ that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normally
provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U):
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ d_voidtty (i_sysioctl.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_IOCNOTTY to indicate that the
ioctl() call with TIOCNOTTY should be used to void tty association.
Otherwise (on USG probably), it is enough to close the standard file
- decriptors and do a setpgrp().
+ descriptors and do a setpgrp().
d_volatile (d_volatile.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HASVOLATILE symbol, which
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ expr (Loc.U):
extensions (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
non-xs linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
- and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
+ and is typically used to test whether a particular extension
is available.
extern_C (Csym.U):
@@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ inc_version_list_init (inc_version_list.U):
suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
incpath (usrinc.U):
- This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
+ This variable must precede the normal include path to get hte
right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
@@ -3397,7 +3397,7 @@ installarchlib (archlib.U):
installbin (bin.U):
This variable is the same as binexp unless AFS is running in which case
- the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always
+ the user is explicitly prompted for it. This variable should always
be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
@@ -4758,7 +4758,7 @@ startperl (startperl.U):
eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
if $running_under_some_shell;
to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note
- that this magic incatation is not understood by csh.
+ that this magic incantation is not understood by csh.
startsh (startsh.U):
This variable contains the string to put on the front of a shell
@@ -5028,7 +5028,7 @@ usemultiplicity (usemultiplicity.U):
usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package
is desired over the system's version of malloc. People often include
- special versions of malloc for effiency, but such versions are often
+ special versions of malloc for efficiency, but such versions are often
less portable. See also mallocsrc and mallocobj.
If this is 'y', then -lmalloc is removed from $libs.
@@ -5072,7 +5072,7 @@ userelocatableinc (bin.U):
usesfio (d_sfio.U):
This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio.
It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user
- explicitely requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
+ explicitly requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of
d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
@@ -5100,7 +5100,7 @@ usevendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
usevfork (d_vfork.U):
This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
- explicitely requests not to use vfork.
+ explicitly requests not to use vfork.
usrinc (usrinc.U):
This variable holds the path of the include files, which is
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pl b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
index 55e3af5..b817bc1 100755
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pl
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ use File::Glob qw(:case);
#
# MAP is a hash that maps CPAN paths to their core equivalents.
-# Each key reprepresents a string prefix, with longest prefixes checked
+# Each key represents a string prefix, with longest prefixes checked
# first. The first match causes that prefix to be replaced with the
# corresponding key. For example, with the following MAP:
# {
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pm b/Porting/Maintainers.pm
index 51c847f..d44bb95 100644
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pm
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pm
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sub expand_glob {
@files;
}
# The rest are globbable patterns; expand the glob, then
- # recurively perform directory expansion on any results
+ # recursively perform directory expansion on any results
: expand_glob(grep -e $_,glob($_))
} @_;
}
diff --git a/Porting/README.y2038 b/Porting/README.y2038
index a3530d2..41087d5 100644
--- a/Porting/README.y2038
+++ b/Porting/README.y2038
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ against a large table of known good values in different time zones.
Limitations, Issues, etc...
---------------------------
localtime64_r() gets its time zone and daylight savings time information by
-mappping the future year back to a similar one between 2010 and 2037, safe
+mapping the future year back to a similar one between 2010 and 2037, safe
for localtime_r(). The calculations are accurate according to current time
zone and daylight savings information, but may become inaccurate if a
change is made that takes place after 2010.
diff --git a/Porting/bump-perl-version b/Porting/bump-perl-version
index 679aa28..b5752fb 100644
--- a/Porting/bump-perl-version
+++ b/Porting/bump-perl-version
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EOF
my %opts;
getopts('csu', \%opts) or usage;
if ($opts{u}) {
- @ARGV == 0 or usage('no version version numbers should be speciied');
+ @ARGV == 0 or usage('no version version numbers should be specified');
# fake to stop warnings when calculating $oldx etc
@ARGV = qw(99.99.99 99.99.99);
}
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ elsif ($opts{u}) {
do_update();
}
else {
- usage('one of -c, -s or -u must be specifcied');
+ usage('one of -c, -s or -u must be specified');
}
exit 0;
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ sub do_update {
elsif (/^\s+(\d+): -(.*)/) {
my $old;
($line, $old) = ($1,$2);
- die "$.: old line without preceeding filename\n"
+ die "$.: old line without preceding filename\n"
unless defined $file;
die "Dup line number: $line\n" if exists $changes{$file}{$line};
$changes{$file}{$line}[0] = $old;
diff --git a/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl b/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
index e2b3bd2..9c8e60b 100755
--- a/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
+++ b/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Modifiers:
--reverse # show rankings in reverse
Generate git-log-output-file with git log --pretty=fuller rev1..rev2
-(or pipe by specifing '-' for stdin). For example:
+(or pipe by specifying '-' for stdin). For example:
\$ git log --pretty=fuller v5.12.0..v5.12.1 > gitlog
\$ perl Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl --rank --percentage gitlog
EOS
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 295f6ca..0577e50 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
/* HAS_QUAD:
* This symbol, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
- * Quad_t, and its unsigned counterpar, Uquad_t. QUADKIND will be one
+ * Quad_t, and its unsigned counterpart, Uquad_t. QUADKIND will be one
* of QUAD_IS_INT, QUAD_IS_LONG, QUAD_IS_LONG_LONG, or QUAD_IS_INT64_T.
*/
#define HAS_QUAD /**/
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@
* unsigned long, int, etc. It may be necessary to include
* <sys/types.h> to get any typedef'ed information.
*/
-#define Size_t size_t /* length paramater for string functions */
+#define Size_t size_t /* length parameter for string functions */
/* Sock_size_t:
* This symbol holds the type used for the size argument of
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@
* 2 = supports arrays of pointers to functions returning void
* 4 = supports comparisons between pointers to void functions and
* addresses of void functions
- * 8 = suports declaration of generic void pointers
+ * 8 = supports declaration of generic void pointers
*
* The package designer should define VOIDUSED to indicate the requirements
* of the package. This can be done either by #defining VOIDUSED before
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@
/* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
* This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
- * available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ * available to retrieve enhanced (shadow) password entries by name.
*/
/*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM / **/
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@
/* HAS_MKSTEMPS:
* This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mkstemps routine is
- * available to excluslvely create and open a uniquely named
+ * available to exclusively create and open a uniquely named
* (with a suffix) temporary file.
*/
/*#define HAS_MKSTEMPS / **/
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@
/* NV_OVERFLOWS_INTEGERS_AT:
* This symbol gives the largest integer value that NVs can hold. This
* value + 1.0 cannot be stored accurately. It is expressed as constant
- * floating point expression to reduce the chance of decimale/binary
+ * floating point expression to reduce the chance of decimal/binary
* conversion issues. If it can not be determined, the value 0 is given.
*/
/* NV_ZERO_IS_ALLBITS_ZERO:
diff --git a/Porting/corecpan.pl b/Porting/corecpan.pl
index 0a6086c..41778c1 100755
--- a/Porting/corecpan.pl
+++ b/Porting/corecpan.pl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ our $opt_h and usage;
our $opt_t;
my @sources = @ARGV ? @ARGV : '.';
-die "Too many directories speficied without -t option\n"
+die "Too many directories specified without -t option\n"
if @sources != 1 and ! $opt_t;
@sources = map {
diff --git a/Porting/fixCORE b/Porting/fixCORE
index f7f4539..c902857 100644
--- a/Porting/fixCORE
+++ b/Porting/fixCORE
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ while ($work)
print;
}
close(PIPE);
-# warn "Make retured $?\n";
+# warn "Make returned $?\n";
# last unless $?;
my $changed = 0;
foreach my $file (keys %fix)
diff --git a/Porting/fixvars b/Porting/fixvars
index 201c37f..a21ea42 100644
--- a/Porting/fixvars
+++ b/Porting/fixvars
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ while ($work)
print;
}
close(PIPE);
- warn "Make retured $?\n";
+ warn "Make returned $?\n";
last unless $?;
my $changed = 0;
foreach my $file (keys %fix)
diff --git a/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod b/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
index 851ed28..423b42a 100644
--- a/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
+++ b/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ within F<ext/> and F<lib/> to a number of people.
B<FIXME> - this could be automated better
If Module::CoreList has been updated, then F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>
-will automatically print out several sections if relevent that can be
+will automatically print out several sections if relevant that can be
pasted into F<perldelta>:
* New Modules and Pragmata
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Each section will have stub entries following a template like this:
Upgraded from version 0.01 to 0.02
It does not include modules listed in F<Porting/Maintainers.pl> under
-C<_PERLLIB>, but it's a start. Where relevent, a summary of changes can be
+C<_PERLLIB>, but it's a start. Where relevant, a summary of changes can be
added by hand.
A more adventurous enhancement would be to automate grabbing
diff --git a/Porting/makerel b/Porting/makerel
index 2f84548..39730b3 100755
--- a/Porting/makerel
+++ b/Porting/makerel
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ usage: $0 [ -r rootdir ] [-s suffix ] [ -b ] [ -n ]
-r rootdir directory under which to create the build dir and tarball
defaults to '..'
-s suffix suffix to append to to the perl-x.y.z dir and tarball name
- defaults to the concatenaion of the local_patches entry
+ defaults to the concatenation of the local_patches entry
in patchlevel.h (or blank, if none)
-b make a .bz2 file in addtion to a .gz file
-n do not make any tarballs, just the directory
diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index c3d563e..6d31dcc 100644
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ information on obtaining the metaconfig units.
This section has now been expanded and moved into its own file,
F<Porting/release_managers_guide.pod>.
-I've kept some of the subsections here for now, as they don't direclty
-eleate to building a release any more, but still contain what might be
+I've kept some of the subsections here for now, as they don't directly
+relate to building a release any more, but still contain what might be
useful information - DAPM 7/2009.
=head2 run metaconfig
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ were to install /usr/lib/libperl.so.4.5. Now, when you try to run
perl5.004_04, ld.so might try to load libperl.so.4.5, since it has
the right "major version" number. If this works at all, it almost
certainly defeats the reason for keeping perl5.004_04 around. Worse,
-with development subversions, you certaily can't guarantee that
+with development subversions, you certainly can't guarantee that
libperl.so.4.4 and libperl.so.4.55 will be compatible.
Anyway, all this leads to quite obscure failures that are sure to drive
diff --git a/Porting/regcharclass.pl b/Porting/regcharclass.pl
index 2d90039..5bafcc9 100755
--- a/Porting/regcharclass.pl
+++ b/Porting/regcharclass.pl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Do a lookup assuming the string is encoded in latin-1 (aka plan octets).
=item is_WHATEVER_cp(cp)
-Check to see if the string matches a given codepoint (hypotethically a
+Check to see if the string matches a given codepoint (hypothetically a
U32). The condition is constructed as as to "break out" as early as
possible if the codepoint is out of range of the condition.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
#
# ($cp,$n,$l,$u)=__uni_latin($str);
#
-# Return a list of arrays, each of which when interepreted correctly
+# Return a list of arrays, each of which when interpreted correctly
# represent the string in some given encoding with specific conditions.
#
# $cp - list of codepoints that make up the string.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ sub new {
} elsif ( $str =~ /^0x/ ) {
$str= chr eval $str;
} elsif ( /\S/ ) {
- die "Unparseable line: $txt\n";
+ die "Unparsable line: $txt\n";
} else {
next;
}
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ sub new {
# my $trie = make_trie($type,$maxlen);
#
-# using the data stored in the object build a trie of a specifc type,
+# using the data stored in the object build a trie of a specific type,
# and with specific maximum depth. The trie is made up the elements of
# the given types array for each string in the object (assuming it is
# not too long.)
#
-# returns the trie, or undef if there was no relevent data in the object.
+# returns the trie, or undef if there was no relevant data in the object.
#
sub make_trie {
diff --git a/Porting/valgrindpp.pl b/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
index 5078734..79285cb 100755
--- a/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
+++ b/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (exists $opt{'output-file'}) {
# %error = (
# error_name => {
# stack_frame => {
-# test_script => occurences
+# test_script => occurrences
# }
# }
# );
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if (exists $opt{'output-file'}) {
# %leak = (
# leak_type => {
# stack_frames => {
-# test_script => occurences
+# test_script => occurrences
# }
# } # stack frames are separated by '<'s
# );
--
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