Source: dpkg
Version: 1.18.11
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

The attached patch fixes a few misspelling in doc/ and man/.
They were found using mwic[0] and anorack[1].

[0] http://jwilk.net/software/mwic
[1] http://jwilk.net/software/anorack

--
Jakub Wilk
diff --git a/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule b/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule
index 1f65147..b9877fe 100644
--- a/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule
+++ b/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Status: obsolete
 When: 1.16.x
 Warning: lintian (substvar-source-version-is-deprecated)
 Why:
- The semantics of Source-Version are missleading when applied to binNMUs.
+ The semantics of Source-Version are misleading when applied to binNMUs.
  Should switch to use binary:Version or source:Version substvars.
 
 What: --print-installation-architecture (dpkg option)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Status: removed
 Since: 1.15.6
 Why:
  Having two ways to let the administrator get to a shell on conffile prompt
- is confusing, it also difficults setting up a consistent environment to be
+ is confusing, it also impedes setting up a consistent environment to be
  used by external programs.
 
 What: support for PGP
diff --git a/doc/triggers.txt b/doc/triggers.txt
index 0b78cf4..d5a77d5 100644
--- a/doc/triggers.txt
+++ b/doc/triggers.txt
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ scrollkeeper, goes like this:
          care need be taken in packages which supply OMFs.
 
          If an OMF file is placed, modified or removed other than as
-         an file installed in the ordinary way by dpkg, the dpkg file
+         a file installed in the ordinary way by dpkg, the dpkg file
          trigger «/usr/share/omf» should be activated; see the dpkg
          triggers specification for details.
 
diff --git a/man/deb-changes.5 b/man/deb-changes.5
index e5fc1c0..6c37fc1 100644
--- a/man/deb-changes.5
+++ b/man/deb-changes.5
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ The exact content depends on the changelog format.
 .BR Files: " (required)"
 .TQ
 .RI " " md5sum " " size " " section " " priority " " filename
-This multiline field contains a list of files with a md5sum, size, section
+This multiline field contains a list of files with an md5sum, size, section
 and priority for each one.
 
 The first line of the field value (the part on the same line as the field
diff --git a/man/deb-src-control.5 b/man/deb-src-control.5
index 26b531d..e4d7aa8 100644
--- a/man/deb-src-control.5
+++ b/man/deb-src-control.5
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ manpage.
 It is allowed to add additional user-defined fields to the control file. The
 tools will ignore these fields. If you want the fields to be copied over to
 the output files, such as the binary packages, you need to use a custom naming
-scheme: the fields should start with a X, followed by one or more of the
+scheme: the fields should start with an X, followed by one or more of the
 letters BCS and a hyphen.
 If the letter B is used, the field will appear in the
 control file in the binary package, see
diff --git a/man/deb-version.5 b/man/deb-version.5
index 933601c..73e94e6 100644
--- a/man/deb-version.5
+++ b/man/deb-version.5
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Debian package, and so there is only one \(lqdebianisation\(rq
 of it and therefore no revision indication is required.
 .IP
 It is conventional to restart the
-\fIdebian-revision\fP at \(oq1\(cq each time time the
+\fIdebian-revision\fP at \(oq1\(cq each time the
 \fIupstream-version\fP is increased.
 .IP
 Dpkg will break the version
diff --git a/man/dpkg-architecture.1 b/man/dpkg-architecture.1
index dab9ed8..739cd7f 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-architecture.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-architecture.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ provides a facility to determine and set the build and
 host architecture for package building.
 .PP
 The build architecture is always determined by an external call to
-\fBdpkg\fP(1), and can not be set at the command line.
+\fBdpkg\fP(1), and cannot be set at the command line.
 .PP
 You can specify the host architecture by providing one or both of the options
 \fB\-\-host\-arch\fR and \fB\-\-host\-type\fR. The default is determined by
diff --git a/man/dpkg-buildflags.1 b/man/dpkg-buildflags.1
index cb157c9..e4e0475 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-buildflags.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-buildflags.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dpkg\-buildflags \- returns build flags to use during package build
 build of Debian packages.
 .
 The default flags are defined by the vendor but they can be
-extended/overriden in several ways:
+extended/overridden in several ways:
 .IP 1.
 system-wide with \fB/etc/dpkg/buildflags.conf\fP;
 .IP 2.
diff --git a/man/dsc.5 b/man/dsc.5
index 6670c37..3c6bc30 100644
--- a/man/dsc.5
+++ b/man/dsc.5
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ used to maintain this package.
 See \fBdeb\-src\-control\fP(5) for more details.
 .TP
 .BI Testsuite: " name-list"
-This field declares that the soure package contains the specified test suites.
+This field declares that the source package contains the specified test suites.
 The value is a space-separated list of test suites.
 If the \fBautopkgtest\fP value is present, a \fIdebian/tests/control\fP is
 expected to be present, if the file is present but not the value, then
diff --git a/man/dselect.1 b/man/dselect.1
index ce5d1cc..f41e5b0 100644
--- a/man/dselect.1
+++ b/man/dselect.1
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ large sets of packages with many interdependencies. For a user who is
 unfamiliar with the concepts and the ways of the debian package management
 system, it can be quite overwhelming. Although \fBdselect\fP is aimed
 at easing package management and administration, it is only instrumental
-in doing so and can not be assumed to be a sufficient substitute for
+in doing so and cannot be assumed to be a sufficient substitute for
 administrator skill and understanding. The user is required to
 be familiar with the concepts underlying the Debian packaging system.
 In case of doubt, consult the \fBdpkg\fP(1) manpage and the distribution

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