Fixed doc typos

Author: jgg
Date: 2000-02-13 07:20:47 GMT
Fixed doc typos

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 54d04451ab654fb35eadf77326d79f1bd25150d1..3cd65c08be9e909e3b50ce9c36dd2dff69e4944f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apt (0.3.17.1) unstable; urgency=low
   
   * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
   * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
-  * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331
+  * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
   
  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
 

diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
index 18327a2221f997d00224d129e4ab6c94b8076795..aaa995c730253595a082d7ca9ad72ba974f9d5a8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ itemize(
    package named "mail-transport-agent".
    
    it() bf(Single virtual packages) is the number of packages with only one 
-   package providing a particular virtual package. For instance, in the 
+   package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the 
    Debian GNU/Linux system, "X11-text-viewer" is a virtual package, but only 
    one package, xless, provides "X11-text-viewer".
 
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ Do not use it.
 
 dit(bf(showpkg))
 bf(showpkg) displays a listing of the given package cache structure and some
-related information about it. The list is ment primarily for debugging.
+related information about it. The list is meant primarily for debugging.
 
 dit(bf(show))
-bf(show) performs the same function as dpkg --print-avail, it displays
+bf(show) performs a function similar to dpkg --print-avail, it displays
 the package records for the named packages.
 
 dit(bf(search))

diff --git a/doc/offline.sgml b/doc/offline.sgml
index 0d33caaf4e42e7ff158953388af52d992c94c9d2..9a664ac3d7604c4ae3dc9d3d4173e81feb60875c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/offline.sgml
+++ b/doc/offline.sgml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 <title>Using APT Offline</title>
 
 <author>Jason Gunthorpe <email>jgg@debian.org</email></author>
-<version>$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.1 1999/02/15 06:38:03 jgg Exp $</version>
+<version>$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.2 2000/02/13 07:20:47 jgg Exp $</version>
 
 <abstract>
 This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, 
-specificaly a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades.
+specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades.
 </abstract>
 
 <copyright>
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ connection but they are physically distant.
 <p>
 The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a 
 SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian
-archive but can easially fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
+archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
 is to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch
 them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is 
 even Possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely 
 different OS and a download tool like wget.
 
 <p>
-This is achived by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
+This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
 essential premis to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note
 that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file
 names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ disc:
    State "/disc/";
    State::status "status";
 
-   // Binary caches will be stored localy
+   // Binary caches will be stored locally
    Cache::archives "/disc/archives/";
  
    // Location of the source list.
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the packages.
 <sect>Operation
 
 <p>
-Unlike the previous techinque no special configuration files are required. We
-mearly use the standard APT commands to generate the file list.
+Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are required. We
+merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list.
 
 <example>
  # apt-get dist-upgrade