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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-10-26 13:55:47 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-10-26 13:55:47 +0000
commit18b6e01edd4f1987d2229292d54958f4a2ad5982 (patch)
tree2917220821b70183448af956c857aeacadddbfa7
parentef94a94b1d45532fc5a108397584c7a531c55c11 (diff)
fix spelling
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1326 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/conventions.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter05/kernel-exp-headers.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/aboutdebug.xml2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/conventions.xml b/chapter01/conventions.xml
index 9d9f87029..7f34326f5 100644
--- a/chapter01/conventions.xml
+++ b/chapter01/conventions.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ show filenames such as <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename></para></blockquote>
<para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
<blockquote><para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the
-book but mainly to emphasise important points or to give examples as to
+book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to
what to type.</para></blockquote>
<para><ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/</ulink></para>
diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-exp-headers.xml b/chapter05/kernel-exp-headers.xml
index 412cfaacc..836764cfc 100644
--- a/chapter05/kernel-exp-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter05/kernel-exp-headers.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<sect2>
<title>Why we copy the kernel headers and don't symlink them</title>
-<para>In the past, it was common practise for people to symlink the
+<para>In the past, it was common practice for people to symlink the
/usr/include/linux and asm directories to /usr/src/linux/include/linux
and asm respectively. This is a <emphasis>bad</emphasis> idea as
this extract from a post by Linus Torvalds to the Linux Kernel
diff --git a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
index d17ace0dd..fb991bca4 100644
--- a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ version was used to link dynamic programs against, but results will be
similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols.</para>
<para>To remove debugging symbols from a binary (must be an a.out or ELF
-binary) run <userinput>strip --strip-debug filename</userinput>. Wild cards
+binary) run <userinput>strip --strip-debug filename</userinput>. Wildcards
can be used to strip debugging symbols from multiple files (use something
like <userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*</userinput>).
Most people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by