* [patch] futex.7: broken sentence
@ 2013-07-19 12:29 Peter Schiffer
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From: Peter Schiffer @ 2013-07-19 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w; +Cc: linux-man
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
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@ 2013-07-20 20:06 ` Michael Kerrisk
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From: Michael Kerrisk @ 2013-07-20 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Schiffer; +Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w, linux-man
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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