+2006-07-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * functions.texi, gnulib-tool.texi, gnulib.texi: Fix some typos.
+
2006-07-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* maintain.texi, make-stds.texi: Sync from
fail with @code{EINVAL}, instead of returning a truncated host name.
@item getopt
-The default behaviour of the glibc implementation of @code{getopt} allows
+The default behavior of the glibc implementation of @code{getopt} allows
mixing option and non-option arguments on the command line in any order.
Other implementations, such as the one in Cygwin, enforce strict POSIX
compliance: they require that the option arguments precede the non-option
except that @code{SIG_IGN} for @code{SIGCHLD} has the effect that the children
execution times are not accounted in the @code{times} function.
On some systems (BSD? SystemV? Linux?), you need to use the @code{sigaction}
-flag @code{SA_NOCLDWAIT} in order to obtain this behaviour.
+flag @code{SA_NOCLDWAIT} in order to obtain this behavior.
@item sigaltstack
@code{sigaltstack} doesn't work on HP-UX 11/IA-64 and OpenBSD 3.6/Sparc64.
reinstalling itself as a handler. On BSD systems and glibc systems, on the
other hand, when the signal is triggered, the kernel blocks the signal
before invoking the handler. This is saner, but POSIX still allows either
-behaviour. To avoid this problem, use @code{sigaction} instead of
+behavior. To avoid this problem, use @code{sigaction} instead of
@code{signal}.
@item sigtimedwait
The @command{gnulib-tool} command is the recommended way to import
Gnulib modules. It is possible to borrow Gnulib modules in a package
without using @command{gnulib-tool}, relying only on the
-metainformation stored in the @file{modules/*} files, but with a
+meta-information stored in the @file{modules/*} files, but with a
growing number of modules this becomes tedious. @command{gnulib-tool}
simplifies the management of source files, @file{Makefile.am}s and
@file{configure.ac} in packages incorporating Gnulib modules.
Some Gnulib modules depend on other Gnulib modules. @code{gnulib-tool}
will automatically add the needed modules as well; you need not list
-them explicitly. @code{gnulib-tool} will also memoize which dependent
+them explicitly. @code{gnulib-tool} will also memorize which dependent
modules it has added, so that when someday a dependency is dropped, the
implicitly added module is dropped as well (unless you have explicitly
requested that module).
-If you want to cut a dependency, i.e. not add a module although one of
+If you want to cut a dependency, i.e., not add a module although one of
your requested modules depends on it, you may use the option
@samp{--avoid=@var{module}} to do so. Multiple uses of this option are
possible. Of course, you will then need to implement the same interface
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: gnulib.texi,v 1.23 2006-06-21 17:22:32 jas Exp $
+@comment $Id: gnulib.texi,v 1.24 2006-07-10 06:37:33 rwild Exp $
@comment %**start of header
@setfilename gnulib.info
@settitle GNU Gnulib
@syncodeindex pg cp
@comment %**end of header
-@set UPDATED $Date: 2006-06-21 17:22:32 $
+@set UPDATED $Date: 2006-07-10 06:37:33 $
@copying
This manual is for GNU Gnulib (updated @value{UPDATED}),
However, we realize that some applications may not want to have the
GSS library abort execution in any situation. The GSS library support
a hook to let the application regain control and perform its own
-cleanups when an out of memory situation has occured. The application
+cleanups when an out of memory situation has occurred. The application
can define a function (having a @code{void} prototype, i.e., no return
value and no parameters) and set the library variable
@code{xalloc_fail_func} to that function. The variable should be
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