* [PATCH] man2, man3: Fix spelling (British -> American)
@ 2026-01-06 10:31 Simon Essien
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From: Simon Essien @ 2026-01-06 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: linux-man, debian, champbreed1
Change 'signalled' to 'signaled' to follow American English standards.
Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgeth.de>
Signed-off-by: Simon Essien <champbreed1@gmail.com>
---
man/man2/select_tut.2 | 2 +-
man/man3/exit.3 | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/select_tut.2 b/man/man2/select_tut.2
index 8fd312bcd..6071ec7d8 100644
--- a/man/man2/select_tut.2
+++ b/man/man2/select_tut.2
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (got_SIGCHLD) {
got_SIGCHLD = 0;
\&
- /* Handle signalled event here; e.g., wait() for all
+ /* Handle signaled event here; e.g., wait() for all
terminated children. (Code omitted.) */
}
\&
diff --git a/man/man3/exit.3 b/man/man3/exit.3
index da33aab4b..114d8247f 100644
--- a/man/man3/exit.3
+++ b/man/man3/exit.3
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ See
for an explanation of orphaned process groups.
.P
Except in the above cases,
-where the signalled processes may be children of the terminating process,
+where the signaled processes may be children of the terminating process,
termination of a process does
.I not
in general cause a signal to be sent to children of that process.
--
2.51.0
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