[FYI] {maint} Fix many typos in ChangeLog

[Stefano Lattarini]

I applied the attached patch to maint as abvious, merged into
master and branch-1.11, and pushed.

Regards,
   Stefano

From 2601fd8f5688a2e9cb4c723c1c42007d3c019fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:16:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix many typos in ChangeLog

---
 ChangeLog |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffbeb69..2cbce3b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
        Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
        * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
-       hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This checs worked by setting
+       hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This checks worked by setting
        the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
        not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
        This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@
 
 2010-11-07  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
 
-       Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.
+       Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
        * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
        "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
        later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
-       character, instead of trying to be uselesssly smarter by using
+       character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
        escaped newlines.  This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
        where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
        * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
        * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
        * tests/help.test: Likewise.  Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
        instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
-       please maintainet-check.
+       please maintainer-check.
        * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 
 2010-10-03  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
        * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
        * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
        * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
-       they are supersed by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
+       they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
        * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 
 2010-09-14  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
        Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
        * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
        that made the test useless.  Since we are at it, improve
-       comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slighty
+       comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
        stricter.
        Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
        extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
        * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
        instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
        * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
-       white spaces.  Do not create usless dummy source file `foo.c'
+       white spaces.  Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
        and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
        (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
        * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
        `$me' over hard-coded test name.
        * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
        * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
-       some grepping slighty stricter.
+       some grepping slightly stricter.
        * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `diff' over
        `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
 
@@ -535,20 +535,20 @@
        README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
        * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
        changes.  Extend existing checks a bit.
-       * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obolescent constructs in
+       * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
        the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
        generated tarball a bit.
        * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
        changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.  Also, do not create dummy
        files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
        automake in foreign mode anyway.
-       * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+       * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
        `configure.in'.  Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
        changes.  Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
        and add a "FIXME" comment.
        * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
        `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
-       * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+       * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
        `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
        ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch.  Enable `errexit'
        shell flag, and related changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
        * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
        stricter.
        * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
-       * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes, and re-enable a temporarly
+       * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes.  Re-enable a temporarily
        disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
        are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
        * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
        * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
        Add a trailing `:' command.
        * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
-       it's not in in the environment, rather tthan exporting it with an
+       it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
        empty value.  Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
        done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required.  Ensure verbose
        printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking.  Add a
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
        and dollar characters in grep regexps.  Explicitly declare phony
        targets as such in the created Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:'
        command.
-       * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistenty use m4 quoting in the generated
+       * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
        configure.in.  Cosmetic fixes to spacing.  Make the "dummy" `if'
        statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
        explanatory comments to it.
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
        * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
        in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Fail the test if
        `make distcheck' fails.  Ensure verbose printing of captured make
-       stdout.  Avoid uselsss fork by doing simple grep instead of using
+       stdout.  Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
        test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
        (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
        (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
        source file.
        * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
        * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
-       changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slighty stricter.
+       changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
        * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
        changes.  Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
        might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
        $FGREP rather than plain grep.
        * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
        * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
-       * tests/suffix9.test: Prefet cat + here-doc over echo to append to
+       * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
        the `configure.in' stub.  Cosmetic changes.
        * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
 
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
        useless `if' statement is indeed required.
 
        Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
-       * tests/obsolte.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
+       * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
        an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
 
        Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
        changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
        * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
        `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping
-       of Automake stderr slighty stricter.
+       of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
        * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
        * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
        earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
        in ./defs).  Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
        output.  Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
        * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
-       make's output, and make its grepping slighty stricter.
+       make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
        * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
        changes.  Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
        * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
        here-doc, not using echo.
        * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
        `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
-       instead of grep (this change makes some checks slighty stricter).
+       instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
        * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
        changes.
        * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless dummy
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@
        * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
        * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
        * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
-       * tests/pluseq9.test: Slighty extended w.r.t. the grepping of
+       * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
        Automake stderr.  Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
 
        Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
 2010-06-11  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
 
        Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
-       * bootstrap: Detemine what the PATH separator is the same way
+       * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
        autoconf does.
 
        Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
        $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
        * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
        Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
-       These changes make some checks slighty stricter.
+       These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
        * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
        * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
        rather than in the middle.
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
        * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
 
        Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
-       * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeds unexpectedly.
+       * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
        Enable `errexit' shell flag.
 
 2010-06-08  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
@@ -1287,9 +1287,9 @@
        * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
        * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
        * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
-       comments and unecessary commands.
+       comments and unnecessary commands.
        * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
-       comments and unecessary commands.
+       comments and unnecessary commands.
        * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
 
        Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@
        Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
        * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Related and
        unrelated minor changes.  Make the grepping of the generated
-       Makefile.in slighty stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
+       Makefile.in slightly stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
        the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
 
 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
-- 
1.7.1