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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Akihiro MOTOKI <amotoki-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] minor typo fixes in several pages
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:40:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FA2D1B.7020501@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALhU9tkjN=EBf0QBOzOV1exsER_fRxZSVgvh2c869D92NDonoQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On 07/30/13 22:34, Akihiro MOTOKI wrote:
> I found typos in several pages from LDP man-pages 3.52.
> 
> _syscall.2

Was already fixed.

> popen.3

Applied.

> tempnam.3

Applied.

> bootparam.7

Was already fixed.

> socket.7

Applied.

> Is it better to split a patch per page?

Generally, yes.

Thanks for the patches.

Cheers,

Michael


> diff --git a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man2/_syscall.2
> b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man2/_syscall.2
> index 9a79108..c29ca55 100644
> --- a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man2/_syscall.2
> +++ b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man2/_syscall.2
> @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ System calls are not required to return only
> positive or negative error
>  codes.
>  You need to read the source to be sure how it will return errors.
>  Usually, it is the negative of a standard error code,
> -for example, i
> +for example,
>  .RI \- EPERM .
>  The _syscall() macros will return the result
>  .I r
> diff --git a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/popen.3
> b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/popen.3
> index 7d669f4..f7a8afe 100644
> --- a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/popen.3
> +++ b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/popen.3
> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function returns \-1 if
>  .BR wait4 (2)
>  returns an error, or some other error is detected.
>  In the event of an error, these functions set
> -.I errnro
> +.I errno
>  to indicate the cause of the error.
>  .SH ERRORS
>  The
> diff --git a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/tempnam.3
> b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/tempnam.3
> index 9b54943..e183257 100644
> --- a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/tempnam.3
> +++ b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man3/tempnam.3
> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ is allocated using
>  and hence should be freed by
>  .BR free (3).
>  .SH RETURN VALUE
> -On succes, the
> +On success, the
>  .BR tempnam ()
>  function returns a pointer to a unique temporary filename.
>  It returns NULL if a unique name cannot be generated, with
> diff --git a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/bootparam.7
> b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/bootparam.7
> index ecfd3c5..440fad5 100644
> --- a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/bootparam.7
> +++ b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/bootparam.7
> @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ a "normal" ramdisk, which is mounted read-write as
> root device;
>  then
>  .I /linuxrc
>  is executed; afterward the "real" root file system is mounted,
> -and the initrd file system is moved over tocw
> +and the initrd file system is moved over to
>  .IR /initrd ;
>  finally
>  the usual boot sequence (e.g., invocation of
> diff --git a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/socket.7
> b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/socket.7
> index f2213eb..3bf4c55 100644
> --- a/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/socket.7
> +++ b/manual/LDP_man-pages/original/man7/socket.7
> @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ then the next peek at data queued in the socket
> will occur at
>  the byte offset specified by the option value.
>  At the same time, the "peek offset" will be
>  incremented by the number of bytes that were peeked from the queue,
> -so that a subsequent peek will return the next data in the queue.i
> +so that a subsequent peek will return the next data in the queue.
> 
>  If data is removed from the front of the queue via a call to
>  .BR recv (2)
> 

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-01  9:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-30 20:34 [PATCH] minor typo fixes in several pages Akihiro MOTOKI
     [not found] ` <CALhU9tkjN=EBf0QBOzOV1exsER_fRxZSVgvh2c869D92NDonoQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-30 22:29   ` Simon Paillard
2013-08-01  9:40   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]

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