Re: BLFS typos

"Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:58:17 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel
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On 3/5/26 6:23 AM, Julien Lepiller ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:
> Hi! Here are a few typos found while translating BLFS:
> 
> general/genutils/ibus.xml:106 the list used to have libxkb and wayland. Since libxkb was removed from the list the next comment should only mention it ("both to build the Wayland support programs" should be "to build Wayland support programs").
> 
> general/graphlib/librsvg.xml:90 the list of optional dependencies has two "and"
> 
> general/prog/rust.xml:323 it lists two tests in the second sentence so the second occurence of "The test named" should be "The tests named"
> 
> general/sysutils/pax.xml:100 has a period after the colon.
> 
> introduction/welcome/changelog.xml:1135 the link and text have different numbers (22662 vs 22661).
> 
> introduction/welcome/changelog.xml:2857 "gtreamer" should be "gstreamer".
> 
> introduction/welcome/changelog.xml:2911 the link and text are different (22115 vs 22o95 with a lower-case o).
> 
> kde/plasma/pulseaudio-qt.xml:28 "Sinks, Sources and, Streams". Shouldn't the comma come before "and"?
> 
> lxqt/desktop/lxqt-globalkeys.xml:12 "parallism" should be "parallelism".
> 
> multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml:194 "to make be compatible" is probably missing a word, maybe "to make ffmpeg be compatible"?
> 
> networking/mailnews/maire.xml:194 "<command>mail</command>" should be "<command>mailx</command>".
> 
> postlfs/config/console-fonts.xml:177 the sentence ends with two points, one inside both <phrase> and one at the end of the line, outside. ("When you find a font which you wish to use")
> 
> x/installing/xkeyboard-config.xml:103 "Two tests. test_compat_layout …" should use a comma.
> 
> xsoft/other/inkscape.xml:158 and 164 "fix build failures appeared" should probably be "fix build failures that appeared".
> 
> I hope this is not too late for a quick fix before the release :)

Yes, I got this just in time.  Excellent layout.  Very easy to find and fix the 
typos.  thanks.

   -- Bruce

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