Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.14.7
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian folks,


please apply the included patch with `git am --scissors this.mbox` to
fix two small typos. Please add the bug number, this reports gets
assigned to, to the commit by running for example `git commit --amend`.


Thanks,

Paul

--- 8< ---- >8 ---
From a166b77d85ca4a19a95d5f40d7abf5d125ca6392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Menzel <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:41:08 +0200

These two typos have been there from the beginning.

        commit fad6a8ea7f34fb073fabae2da819063a2781ad98
        Author: Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>
        Date:   Mon Jul 16 22:47:50 2007 +0000

            Complete and update the manual pages for the new symbols stuff

---
 man/dpkg-gensymbols.1 |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/dpkg-gensymbols.1 b/man/dpkg-gensymbols.1
index 96f659c..088e448 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-gensymbols.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-gensymbols.1
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ dpkg\-gensymbols \- generate symbols files (shared library 
dependency informatio
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B dpkg\-gensymbols
 scans a temporary build tree (debian/tmp by default) looking for libraries
-and generate a \fIsymbols\fR file describing them. This file, if
+and generates a \fIsymbols\fR file describing them. This file, if
 non-empty, is then installed in the DEBIAN subdirectory of the build tree
 so that it ends up included in the control information of the package.
 .P
 When generating those files, it uses as input some symbols files
-provided by the maintainer. It looks for the following files (and use the
+provided by the maintainer. It looks for the following files (and uses the
 first that is found):
 .IP \(bu 4
 debian/\fIpackage\fR.symbols.\fIarch\fR
-- 
1.7.10.4

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