[patch] futex.7: broken sentence

[patch] futex.7: broken sentence

[Peter Schiffer]

Hello,

futex(7) man page contains broken sentence. Attached patch proposes one 
possible fix for this problem.

peter

diff --git a/man7/futex.7 b/man7/futex.7
index 31d91a1..2c5b56c 100644
--- a/man7/futex.7
+++ b/man7/futex.7
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in which case the application is commonly called 
multithreaded.
  .SS Semantics
  .PP
  Any futex operation starts in user space,
-but it may necessary to communicate with the kernel using the
+but it may be necessary to communicate with the kernel using the
  .BR futex (2)
  system call.
  .PP
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Re: [patch] futex.7: broken sentence

[Michael Kerrisk]

On 07/19/13 14:29, Peter Schiffer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> futex(7) man page contains broken sentence. Attached patch proposes one 
> possible fix for this problem.
> 
> peter

Applied. Thanks Peter,

Cheers,

Michael


> 
> diff --git a/man7/futex.7 b/man7/futex.7
> index 31d91a1..2c5b56c 100644
> --- a/man7/futex.7
> +++ b/man7/futex.7
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in which case the application is commonly called 
> multithreaded.
>   .SS Semantics
>   .PP
>   Any futex operation starts in user space,
> -but it may necessary to communicate with the kernel using the
> +but it may be necessary to communicate with the kernel using the
>   .BR futex (2)
>   system call.
>   .PP
> 

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