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Date:      3 May 1999 14:15:20 -0000
From:      Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/11467: [Patch] Handbook spelling corrections and tag fixes
Message-ID:  <19990503141520.21237.qmail@eborcom.com>

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>Number:         11467
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [Patch] Handbook spelling corrections and tag fixes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May  3 10:30:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tom Hukins
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
eBORcOM
>Environment:

	

>Description:

I've found a few spelling mistakes in the Handbook and fixed them.
The patch below also contains some additional <devicename> tags
around "tun" and a &man fix.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
diff -ruN handbook.old/contrib/chapter.sgml handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml
--- handbook.old/contrib/chapter.sgml	Sun May  2 21:36:22 1999
+++ handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml	Mon May  3 14:25:22 1999
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	    </listitem>
 	    
 	    <listitem>
-	      <para>Add code to teh NFS layer so that you cannot
+	      <para>Add code to the NFS layer so that you cannot
 		<literal>chdir("..")</literal> out of an NFS partition. E.g.,
 		<filename>/usr</filename> is a UFS partition with
 		<filename>/usr/src</filename> NFS exported.  Now it is
diff -ruN handbook.old/ports/chapter.sgml handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
--- handbook.old/ports/chapter.sgml	Sun May  2 21:36:24 1999
+++ handbook/ports/chapter.sgml	Mon May  3 14:44:15 1999
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@
 	<para>Also, add a matching <literal>@exec /sbin/ldconfig -m</literal>
 	  and <literal>@unexec /sbin/ldconfig -R</literal> pair to your
 	  <filename>pkg/PLIST</filename> file so that a user who installed the
-	  package can start using teh shared libraru immediately and
+	  package can start using the shared library immediately and
 	  deinstallation will not cause the system to still believe the
 	  library is there.  These lines should immediately follow the line
 	  for the shared library itself, as in:</para>
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@
 	<para>Never, ever, <emphasis>ever</emphasis> add a line that says
 	  <literal>ldconfig</literal> without any arguments to your
 	  <filename>Makefile</filename> or <filename>pkg/PLIST</filename>.
-	  This will reset the shared libraru cache to the contents of
+	  This will reset the shared library cache to the contents of
 	  <filename>/usr/lib</filename> only, and will royally screw up the
 	  user's machine ("Help, xinit does not run anymore after I install
 	  this port!").  Anybody who does this will be shot and cut in 65,536
diff -ruN handbook.old/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
--- handbook.old/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml	Tue Mar  9 19:07:58 1999
+++ handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml	Mon May  3 15:10:48 1999
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 	implemented as a part of the kernel (e.g. as managed by
 	<command>pppd</command>) and it is thus somewhat hard to debug and/or
 	modify its behavior.  However, in this implementation PPP is done as a
-	user process with the help of the tunnel device driver (tun).</para>
+	user process with the help of the tunnel device driver
+	(<devicename>tun</devicename>).</para>
     </blockquote>
     
     <para>In essence, this means that rather than running a PPP daemon, the
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
 	change anything.</para>
 
       <para>If your kernel configuration file does not have this line in it,
-	or you need to configure more than one tun device (for example, if you
+	or you need to configure more than one <devicename>tun</devicename> device (for example, if you
 	are setting up a server and could have 16 dialup ppp connections at
 	any one time then you will need to use <literal>16</literal> instead
 	of <literal>1</literal>), then you should add the line, re-compile,
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@
 	been used at some point&mdash;it is not an error if your interface
 	does not show up as <literal>RUNNING</literal>.</para>
 	  
-      <para>If you have a kernel without the tun device, and you can not
+      <para>If you have a kernel without the <devicename>tun</devicename> device, and you can not
 	rebuild it for some reason, all is not lost.  You should be able to
 	dynamically load the code.  Refer to the appropriate
 	  &man.modload.8; and &man.lkm.4; pages for further details.</para>
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@
 &prompt.root; <userinput>./MAKEDEV tun0</userinput></screen>
       
       <para>If you require 16 tunnel devices in your kernel, you will need to
-	create more than just tun0:</para>
+	create more than just <devicename>tun0</devicename>:</para>
       
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>./MAKEDEV tun15</userinput></screen>
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@
 	      <para>Sets the phone number for this provider.  Multiple phone
 		numbers may be specified using the <literal>:</literal> or
 		<literal>|</literal> character as a separator.  The difference
-		between these spearators is described in the ppp manual page.
+		between these spearators is described in &man.ppp.8;.
 		To summarize, if you want to rotate through the numbers, use
 		the <literal>:</literal>.  If you want to always attempt to
 		dial the first number first and only use the other numbers if
@@ -1006,8 +1007,8 @@
 	
 	<para>This will tell PPP to listen to the specified unix-domain
 	  socket, asking clients for the specified password before allowing
-	  access.  The <literal>%d</literal> in the name is replaced with teh
-	  tun device number that is in use.</para>
+	  access.  The <literal>%d</literal> in the name is replaced with the
+	  <devicename>tun</devicename> device number that is in use.</para>
 	    
 	<para>Once a socket has been set up, the
 	    &man.pppctl.8; program may be used in scripts that wish to


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