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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-10-25 13:12:57 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-10-25 13:12:57 +0100
commit11fd5e7c2adf91e562465bea8250e019aebaad2f (patch)
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downloadman-pages-11fd5e7c2adf91e562465bea8250e019aebaad2f.tar.gz
membarrier.2, openat2.2, insque.3, proc.5, tzfile.5, hier.7: Minor grammar fix
Don't hyphenate after adjective ending in "ly". See, for example: https://www.dragoman.ist/compound-modifiers-with-words-ending-in-ly/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/6-common-hypercorrections-and-how-to-avoid-them/between-you-and-i Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/membarrier.22
-rw-r--r--man2/openat2.24
-rw-r--r--man3/insque.34
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.52
-rw-r--r--man5/tzfile.52
-rw-r--r--man7/hier.74
6 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index f65c6be5ca..24a24ba862 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ is Linux-specific.
.\" .BR rseq (2)
.SH NOTES
A memory barrier instruction is part of the instruction set of
-architectures with weakly-ordered memory models.
+architectures with weakly ordered memory models.
It orders memory
accesses prior to the barrier and after the barrier with respect to
matching barriers on other cores.
diff --git a/man2/openat2.2 b/man2/openat2.2
index ff5204040d..3ea50138b8 100644
--- a/man2/openat2.2
+++ b/man2/openat2.2
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ as symbolic links are very widely used by end-users.
Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e.,
for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of
.BR openat2 ()
-may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems.
+may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems.
This may occur if, for example,
a system pathname that is used by an application is modified
(e.g., in a new distribution release)
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ as bind mounts are widely used by end-users.
Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e.,
for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of
.BR openat2 ()
-may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems.
+may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems.
This may occur if, for example,
a system pathname that is used by an application is modified
(e.g., in a new distribution release)
diff --git a/man3/insque.3 b/man3/insque.3
index 88c8033f2b..153032c867 100644
--- a/man3/insque.3
+++ b/man3/insque.3
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The
.BR insque ()
and
.BR remque ()
-functions manipulate doubly-linked lists.
+functions manipulate doubly linked lists.
Each element in the list is a structure of
which the first two elements are a forward and a
backward pointer.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ call should also point to the element.
The
.BR remque ()
function removes the element pointed to by \fIelem\fP from the
-doubly-linked list.
+doubly linked list.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index ac58c789a3..77ddd733fb 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -4072,7 +4072,7 @@ full; that is, user space is not able to read messages fast enough.
(8)
sequence number.
Every queued packet is associated with a (32-bit)
-monotonically-increasing sequence number.
+monotonically increasing sequence number.
This shows the ID of the most recent packet queued.
.RE
.IP
diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5
index 29c219b44d..d701231cfb 100644
--- a/man5/tzfile.5
+++ b/man5/tzfile.5
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ design goal has been that a reader can successfully use a TZif
file even if the file is of a later TZif version than what the
reader was designed for.
When complete compatibility was not achieved, an attempt was
-made to limit glitches to rarely-used timestamps, and to allow
+made to limit glitches to rarely used timestamps, and to allow
simple partial workarounds in writers designed to generate
new-version data useful even for older-version readers.
This section attempts to document these compatibility issues and
diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7
index b3be5c4525..becbc78dc5 100644
--- a/man7/hier.7
+++ b/man7/hier.7
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@ Reserved for historical reasons.
Data cached for programs.
.TP
.I /var/cache/fonts
-Locally-generated fonts (optional).
+Locally generated fonts (optional).
.TP
.I /var/cache/man
-Locally-formatted man pages (optional).
+Locally formatted man pages (optional).
.TP
.I /var/cache/www
WWW proxy or cache data (optional).