Fix some errors in man/lilo.8

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1f454891c20d5b72d5a01bcd5c27d73c20ef8c3a..4d428c78f64683f28a409c65932090b2d702c545 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ lilo (1:23.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
     - Italian (Luca Monducci), it.po.    (Closes: #660915)
     - Slovak (Ivan Masar), new sk.po.    (Closes: #661143)
     - Czech (Miroslav Kure), cs.po.      (Closes: #661437)
+  * Fix of some errors in lilo manpage.  (Closes: #659809)
 
  -- Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de>  Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:32:41 +0100
 

diff --git a/debian/patches/15_fix-typos-in-lilo-manpage.patch b/debian/patches/15_fix-typos-in-lilo-manpage.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..0a9325c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/15_fix-typos-in-lilo-manpage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Package:     lilo
+Subject:     fix typos in lilo manpage
+Author:      Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de>
+Forwarded:   yes
+Last-Update: 2012-03-03
+
+Usually extended partitions can not directly be used.
+Here it means logical partitions.
+---
+
+diff -urN s14/man/lilo.8 s15/man/lilo.8
+--- s14/man/lilo.8     2011-06-18 14:22:53.104617863 +0200
++++ s15/man/lilo.8     2012-03-03 19:11:05.797177106 +0100
+@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@
+ the Extended Master Boot Loader is present on the Master Boot Record
+ of the device
+ (see the \fI-M\fP option), any partition may be made active.  Whether the
+-actual OS in the partition will boot from an extended partition depends on
+-the characteristics of the OS.  LILO boot records for Linux
+-may be booted from an extended partition.
++actual OS in the partition will boot from a logical partition depends on
++the characteristics of the OS.  LILO boot records for Linux may be booted
++from a logical partition.
+ .TP
+ .BI "\-\^b " bootdev
+ Specify the boot device; i.e., where the boot loader will be installed.
+ "\-b /dev/hda" specifies the Master Boot Record; "\-b /dev/sdb5" specifies
+-the first extended partition on the second SCSI disk.
++the first logical partition on the second SATA disk.
+ .TP
+ .BI "\-\^B " bitmap-file
+ Specify a bitmap file for the boot-time graphics screen, preferably one
+@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@
+ .TP
+ .BI "\-\^L"
+ Generate 32-bit Logical Block Addresses instead of cylinder/head/sector
+-addresses, allowing
+-access to all partitions on disks with more than 1024 cylinders.
++addresses, allowing access to all partitions on disks with more than 1024
++cylinders.
+ .TP
+ .BI "\-\^m " map-file
+ Use specified map file instead of the default.
+@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
+ .B """""" 
+ in the configuration file.
+ .TP
+-.BI "\-\^P " "{fix|ignore|\<global-option\>}"
++.BI "\-\^P " "{fix|ignore|<global-option>}"
+ Fix or ignore `corrupt' partition tables, i.e., partition tables
+ with linear and cylinder/head/sector addresses that do not correspond.
+ Always try

diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 89e2ae64b9dff03e01d7636ce1f337417ea7058f..d2305e5d2e0829f0e75c3ed0b83bf6a41041ff87 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 12_update-lilo-conf-manpage2.patch
 13_lilo-conf-append-info.patch
 14_update-mkrescue-script.patch
+15_fix-typos-in-lilo-manpage.patch

diff --git a/debian/patches/ubuntu.series b/debian/patches/ubuntu.series
index dfffa71e39f6224b909a17cbd850dc0baf1c627e..779c8a396ff8c17f6a920023eac019fcbc35e3d6 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/patches/ubuntu.series
+++ b/debian/patches/ubuntu.series
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 12_update-lilo-conf-manpage2.patch
 13_lilo-conf-append-info.patch
 14_update-mkrescue-script.patch
+15_fix-typos-in-lilo-manpage.patch