Spelling and other typos -- from Craig Garner

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10969 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

15 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index 8182a7106..519e109ce 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   addressed in LFS, but could be useful to the user.  These packages may have
   additional mandatory or optional dependencies of their own.  For these
   dependencies, the recommended practice is to install them after completion of
-  the LFS book and then go back an rebuild the LFS package.  In several cases,
+  the LFS book and then go back and rebuild the LFS package.  In several cases,
   re-installation is addressed in BLFS.</para>
 
 <!-- Begin Acl dependency info -->
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index ba613e204..61e2d965c 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Simlarly, we pass libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes through to the
+          <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes through to the
           <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and C
           cleanup handling support is configured.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>libc_cv_ctors_header=yes</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Simlarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the
+          <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the
           <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and
           gcc constructor support is configured.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/libstdc++.xml b/chapter05/libstdc++.xml
index 29d7f2739..365babb3a 100644
--- a/chapter05/libstdc++.xml
+++ b/chapter05/libstdc++.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen>
           <para>This is the location where the standard include files are
           searched by the C++ compiler. In a normal build, this information
           is automatically passed to the Libstdc++ <command>configure</command>
-          options from the toplevel directory. In our case, this information
+          options from the top level directory. In our case, this information
           must be explicitly given.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/adjusting.xml b/chapter06/adjusting.xml
index bc9e236a6..07c155cc2 100644
--- a/chapter06/adjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter06/adjusting.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'</userinput></screen>
   <para>Note that <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> is now
   the prefix of our dynamic linker.</para>
 
-  <para os="d">Now make sure that we're setup to use the correct startfiles:</para>
+  <para os="d">Now make sure that we're setup to use the correct start files:</para>
 
 <screen os="e"><userinput>grep -o '/usr/lib.*/crt[1in].*succeeded' dummy.log</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/bc.xml b/chapter06/bc.xml
index 17be4bfcf..7f9373e52 100644
--- a/chapter06/bc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bc.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     <para>To test bc, run the commands below. There is quite a bit of output,
     so you may want to redirect it to a file. There are a very small percentage
-    of tests (10 of 12,144) that will indicate a roundoff error at the last
+    of tests (10 of 12,144) that will indicate a round off error at the last
     digit.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l Test/checklib.b</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/dbus.xml b/chapter06/dbus.xml
index 9ed4e5b6b..46f0439e4 100644
--- a/chapter06/dbus.xml
+++ b/chapter06/dbus.xml
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>This package does come with a testsuite, but it requires several
+    <para>This package does come with a test suite, but it requires several
     packages that are not included in LFS. Instructions for running the
-    testsuite can be found in the BLFS book at
+    test suite can be found in the BLFS book at
     <ulink url="&blfs-root;/view/&short-version;/general/dbus.html"/>.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index c14540bf7..56fceee52 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>A wrapper around <command>ar</command> that adds a
           plugin to the command line. This program is only used
-          to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the
+          to add "link time optimization" and is not useful with the
           default build options</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc-ar">
             <primary sortas="b-gcc-ar">gc-ar</primary>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>A wrapper around <command>nm</command> that adds a
           plugin to the command line. This program is only used
-          to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the
+          to add "link time optimization"" and is not useful with the
           default build options</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc-nm">
             <primary sortas="b-gcc-nm">gc-nm</primary>
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>A wrapper around <command>ranlib</command> that adds a
           plugin to the command line. This program is only used
-          to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the
+          to add "link time optimization"" and is not useful with the
           default build options</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc-ranlib">
             <primary sortas="b-gcc-ranlib">gc-ranlib</primary>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 6a1b89419..392682994 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
     <sect3>
     <title>Adding time zone data</title>
 
-    <para>Install and set up the timezone data with the following:</para>
+    <para>Install and set up the time zone data with the following:</para>
 <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz
 
 ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds.  It is
+          <para>This creates posix time zones, without any leap seconds.  It is
           conventional to put these in both
           <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and
           <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is
-          necessary to put the POSIX timezones in
+          necessary to put the POSIX time zones in
           <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various
           test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
-          tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save
+          tight and you do not intend to ever update the time zones, you could save
           1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename>
           directory, but some applications or test-suites might produce some
           failures.</para>
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an
+          <para>This creates right time zones, including leap seconds. On an
           embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to
-          ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could
+          ever update the time zones, or care about the correct time, you could
           save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename>
           directory.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
     <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will
     output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
     <emphasis>America/Edmonton</emphasis>). There are also some other possible
-    timezones listed in <filename
+    time zones listed in <filename
     class='directory'>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> such as
     <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis> or <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> that
     are not identified by the script but can be used.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index 6493f259a..d01ef11ee 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen> -->
     a group of the same name as the user. By default the user ID (UID) and
     group ID (GID) numbers will begin with 1000. This means if you don't pass
     parameters to <command>useradd</command>, each user will be a member of a
-    unique group on the system. If this behaviour is undesirable, you'll need
+    unique group on the system. If this behavior is undesirable, you'll need
     to pass the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter to
     <command>useradd</command>. The default parameters are stored in the
     <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file. You may need to modify two
diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
index 68f0116ed..6a81f3186 100644
--- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="fdisk">
         <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Manipulates the paritition table of the given device</para>
+          <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
             <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml
index c36454df2..d2562760f 100644
--- a/chapter07/console.xml
+++ b/chapter07/console.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
     <varlistentry>
       <term>FONT_UNIMAP</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>This variable specifies the unicode font map.</para>
+        <para>This variable specifies the Unicode font map.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml
index b091d9ac6..7d1f9b59c 100644
--- a/chapter07/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter07/udev.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
       <title>Udev creates a device incorrectly, or makes a wrong symlink</title>
 
       <para>This usually happens if a rule unexpectedly matches a device. For
-      example, a poorly-writen rule can match both a SCSI disk (as desired)
+      example, a poorly-written rule can match both a SCSI disk (as desired)
       and the corresponding SCSI generic device (incorrectly) by vendor.
       Find the offending rule and make it more specific, with the help of the
       <command>udevadm info</command> command.</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index d7fcfc380..bbf268f20 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Device Drivers  ---&gt;
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>Support for uevent helper</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Having this opion set may interfere with device
+          <para>Having this option set may interfere with device
           management when using Udev/Eudev. </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter09/reboot.xml b/chapter09/reboot.xml
index 73f0228be..7bba9015b 100644
--- a/chapter09/reboot.xml
+++ b/chapter09/reboot.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <listitem><para>If you want to access your new system from a remote system
     within a comfortable GUI environment, install <ulink
     url='&blfs-book;postlfs/openssh.html'>openssh</ulink> and its
-    prerequsite, <ulink
+    prerequisite, <ulink
     url='&blfs-book;postlfs/openssl.html'>openssl</ulink>.
     </para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml
index e2bcac8a6..387e4d55e 100644
--- a/prologue/why.xml
+++ b/prologue/why.xml
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
         <para>Systemd</para>
 
         <para>This package provides and <application>init</application> program
-        and several additional boot and system control capabilites as an
+        and several additional boot and system control capabilities as an
         alternative to Sysvinit.  It is used by many commercial distributions.
         In LFS it is installed side-by-side with Sysvinit to provide the user with
         alternative boot systems for comparison.</para>