Update from main archive 961219 cvs/libc-961220

Thu Dec 19 23:28:33 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* resolv/resolv.h: Update from BIND 4.9.5-P1.
	* resolv/res_comp.c: Likewise.
	* resolv/res_debug.c: Likewise.
	* resolv/Banner: Update version number.

Thu Dec 19 20:58:53 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* elf/dlfcn.h: Add extern "C" wrapper.

	* io/utime.h: Don't define NULL since this isn't allowed in POSIX.
	* io/sys/stat.h: Declare `lstat' only if __USE_BSD ||
	__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED.
	* locale/locale.h: Define NULL.
	* math/math.c: Don't include <errno.h> to define math errors.
	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Likewise.
	* posix/unistd.h: Don't declare environ.
	* posix/sys/utsname.h (struct utsname): Declare member domainname
	as __domainname is !__USE_GNU.
	* signal/signal.h: Declare size_t only if __USE_BSD ||
	__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED.
	* stdio/stdio.h: Don't declare cuserid when __USE_POSIX, but
	instead when __USE_XOPEN.
	* string/string.h: Define strndup only if __USE_GNU.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timebits.h: Define CLOCKS_PER_SEC as
	1000000 per X/Open standard.
	* features.h: Add code to recognize _POSIX_C_SOURCE value 199309.
	Define __USE_POSIX199309.
	* posix/unistd.h: Declare fdatasync only if __USE_POSIX199309.
	* time/time.c: Declare nanosleep only if __USE_POSIX199309.
	Patches by Rüdiger Helsch <rh@unifix.de>.

	* locale/locale.h: Add declaration of newlocale and freelocale.

	* new-malloc/Makefile (distibute): Add mtrace.awk.
	(dist-routines): Add mcheck and mtrace.
	(install-lib, non-lib.a): Define as libmcheck.a.
	* new-malloc/malloc.h: Add declaration of __malloc_initialized.
	* new-malloc/mcheck.c: New file.
	* new-malloc/mcheck.h: New file.
	* new-malloc/mtrace.c: New file.
	* new-malloc/mtrace.awk: New file.

	* posix/unistd.h: Correct prototype for usleep.
	* sysdeps/unix/bsd/usleep.c: De-ANSI-declfy.  Correct return type.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/usleep.c: Real implementation based on
	nanosleep.

	* signal/signal.h: Change protoype of __sigpause to take two
	arguments.  Remove prototype for sigpause.  Add two different
	macros named sigpause selected when __USE_BSD or __USE_XOPEN
	are defined.  This is necessary since the old BSD definition
	of theis function collides with the X/Open definition.
	* sysdeps/posix/sigpause.c: Change function definition to also
	fit X/Open definition.

	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_exp.S: Make sure stack is empty when the
	function is left.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_expl.S: Likewise.
	Patch by HJ Lu.

1996-12-17  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* many, many files: Spelling corrections.
	* catgets/catgetsinfo.h (mmapped):
	Renamed from mmaped (in struct catalog_info.status).
	* mach/err_kern.sub (err_codes_unix), string/stratcliff.c (main):
	Fix spelling in message.
	* po/libc.pot: Fix spelling in message for `zic'; this anticipates
	a fix in the tzcode distribution.

Wed Dec 18 15:48:02 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* time/strftime.c: Implement ^ flag to cause output be converted
	to use upper case characters.

	* time/zic.c: Update from ADO tzcode1996n.

Wed Dec 18 14:29:24 1996  Erik Naggum  <erik@naggum.no>

	* time/strftime.c (add): Don't change global `i' until all is over.
	Define NULL is not already defined.

Tue Dec 17 09:49:03 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* libio/iovsprintf.c (_IO_vsprintf): Change `&sf' to `&sf._sbf._f'
	to avoid the need for a cast.
	* libio/iovsscanf.c (_IO_vsscanf): Likewise.

	* sunrpc/rpc/xdr.h: Add prototype for xdr_free.

16 files changed, 84 insertions, 84 deletions

diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index e60216ed11..59ddbd626f 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fractional parts.  These functions are declared in the header file
 * Predicates on Floats::        Testing for infinity and for NaNs.
 * Absolute Value::              Absolute value functions.
 * Normalization Functions::     Hacks for radix-2 representations.
-* Rounding and Remainders::     Determinining the integer and
+* Rounding and Remainders::     Determining the integer and
 			         fractional parts of a float.
 * Integer Division::            Functions for performing integer
 				 division.
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ to @code{ERANGE} to indicate there was overflow.
 
 Because the value @code{0l} is a correct result for @code{strtol} the
 user who is interested in handling errors should set the global variable
-@code{errno} to @code{0} before calling this function.  So it can be
-tested whether an error occured or not.
+@code{errno} to @code{0} before calling this function, so that the program
+can later test whether an error occurred.
 
 There is an example at the end of this section.
 @end deftypefun
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ call since all failures set @code{errno} to a non-zero value.
 @deftypefun float strtof (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr})
 This function is similar to the @code{strtod} function but it returns a
 @code{float} value instead of a @code{double} value.  If the precision
-of a @code{float} value is sufficent this function should be used since
+of a @code{float} value is sufficient this function should be used since
 it is much faster than @code{strtod} on some architectures.  The reasons
 are obvious: @w{IEEE 754} defines @code{float} to have a mantissa of 23
 bits while @code{double} has 53 bits and every additional bit of
@@ -718,9 +718,9 @@ This function is a GNU extension.
 @deftypefun {long double} strtold (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr})
 This function is similar to the @code{strtod} function but it returns a
 @code{long double} value instead of a @code{double} value.  It should be
-used when high presision is used.  On systems which define a @code{long
+used when high precision is needed.  On systems which define a @code{long
 double} type (i.e., on which it is not the same as @code{double})
-running this function might take significently more time since more bits
+running this function might take significantly more time since more bits
 of precision are required.
 
 If the string has valid syntax for a floating-point number but the value
diff --git a/manual/creature.texi b/manual/creature.texi
index d5dfb6aa19..5eb665d2ef 100644
--- a/manual/creature.texi
+++ b/manual/creature.texi
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ included as well as the @w{ISO C}, POSIX.1, POSIX.2, and X/Open material.
 @comment (none)
 @comment XOPEN
 @defvr Macro _XOPEN_SOURCE
-If you define these macro, functionality described in the X/Open
-Portability Guide is included.  This is an superset of the POSIX.1 and
+If you define this macro, functionality described in the X/Open
+Portability Guide is included.  This is a superset of the POSIX.1 and
 POSIX.2 functionality and in fact @code{_POSIX_SOURCE} and
-@code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} get automatically be defined.
+@code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} are automatically defined.
 
-But as the great unifiction of all Unices there is also functionality
-only available in BSD and SVID is included.
+As the unification of all Unices, functionality only available in
+BSD and SVID is also included.
 
 If the macro @code{_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED} is also defined, even more
 functionality is available.  The extra functions will make all functions
diff --git a/manual/errno.texi b/manual/errno.texi
index 47d9857dde..e346dd5f1f 100644
--- a/manual/errno.texi
+++ b/manual/errno.texi
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ No process matches the specified process ID.
 @comment POSIX.1: Interrupted system call
 @deftypevr Macro int EINTR
 @comment errno 4 @c DO NOT REMOVE
-Interrupted function call; an asynchronous signal occured and prevented
+Interrupted function call; an asynchronous signal occurred and prevented
 completion of the call.  When this happens, you should try the call
 again.
 
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 39d4082b7f..54ea99cfd4 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ value.  Use @code{readdir_r} when this is critical.
 @deftypefun int readdir_r (DIR *@var{dirstream}, struct *@var{entry}, struct **@var{result})
 This function is the reentrant version of @code{reentrant}.  Like
 @code{readdir} it returns the next entry from the directory.  But to
-prevent conflicts for simultanously running threads the result is not
+prevent conflicts for simultaneously running threads the result is not
 stored in some internal memory.  Instead the argument @var{entry} has to
 point to a place where the result is stored.
 
 The return value is @code{0} in case the next entry was read
 successfully.  In this case a pointer to the result is returned in
 *@var{result}.  It is not required that *@var{result} is the same as
-@var{entry}.  If somethings goes wrong while exeucting @code{readdir_r}
-the function return @code{-1}.  The @code{errno} variable is set like
+@var{entry}.  If something goes wrong while executing @code{readdir_r}
+the function returns @code{-1}.  The @code{errno} variable is set like
 described for @code{readdir}.
 
 @strong{Portability Note:} On some systems, @code{readdir_r} may not
diff --git a/manual/intro.texi b/manual/intro.texi
index b4cb344915..e0447b6d92 100644
--- a/manual/intro.texi
+++ b/manual/intro.texi
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ standards each function or symbol comes from.
 The GNU C library is compatible with the C standard adopted by the
 American National Standards Institute (ANSI):
 @cite{American National Standard X3.159-1989---``ANSI C''} and later
-by the International Standardization Organizaion (ISO):
+by the International Standardization Organization (ISO):
 @cite{ISO/IEC 9899:1990, ``Programming languages---C''}.
 We here refer to the standard as @w{ISO C} since this is the more
 general standard in respect of ratification.
diff --git a/manual/job.texi b/manual/job.texi
index 1ac15fffc4..f97aceb61c 100644
--- a/manual/job.texi
+++ b/manual/job.texi
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ terminate all the processes in the foreground process group.
 
 @cindex session
 A @dfn{session} is a larger group of processes.  Normally all the
-proccesses that stem from a single login belong to the same session.
+processes that stem from a single login belong to the same session.
 
 Every process belongs to a process group.  When a process is created, it
 becomes a member of the same process group and session as its parent
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ calls @code{setsid} to become the leader of a new session.
 @cindex controlling terminal, access to
 
 Processes in the foreground job of a controlling terminal have
-unrestricted access to that terminal; background proesses do not.  This
+unrestricted access to that terminal; background processes do not.  This
 section describes in more detail what happens when a process in a
 background job tries to access its controlling terminal.
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ involved.
 
 @iftex
 @itemize @bullet
-@item 
+@item
 @ref{Data Structures}, introduces the example and presents
 its primary data structures.
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ job *
 find_job (pid_t pgid)
 @{
   job *j;
-  
+
   for (j = first_job; j; j = j->next)
     if (j->pgid == pgid)
       return j;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int
 job_is_stopped (job *j)
 @{
   process *p;
-  
+
   for (p = j->first_process; p; p = p->next)
     if (!p->completed && !p->stopped)
       return 0;
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ int
 job_is_completed (job *j)
 @{
   process *p;
-  
+
   for (p = j->first_process; p; p = p->next)
     if (!p->completed)
       return 0;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ job_is_completed (job *j)
 
 When a shell program that normally performs job control is started, it
 has to be careful in case it has been invoked from another shell that is
-already doing its own job control.  
+already doing its own job control.
 
 A subshell that runs interactively has to ensure that it has been placed
 in the foreground by its parent shell before it can enable job control
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ int shell_is_interactive;
 void
 init_shell ()
 @{
-  
+
   /* @r{See if we are running interactively.}  */
   shell_terminal = STDIN_FILENO;
   shell_is_interactive = isatty (shell_terminal);
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ send a @code{SIGTSTP} signal to the process group of the process, not
 just to the process itself.  @xref{Signaling Another Process}.
 
 Finally, each child process should call @code{exec} in the normal way.
-This is also the point at which redirection of the standard input and 
+This is also the point at which redirection of the standard input and
 output channels should be handled.  @xref{Duplicating Descriptors},
 for an explanation of how to do this.
 
@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ launch_process (process *p, pid_t pgid,
     @{
       dup2 (errfile, STDERR_FILENO);
       close (errfile);
-    @}    
-  
-  /* @r{Exec the new process.  Make sure we exit.}  */ 
+    @}
+
+  /* @r{Exec the new process.  Make sure we exit.}  */
   execvp (p->argv[0], p->argv);
   perror ("execvp");
   exit (1);
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ launch_job (job *j, int foreground)
   process *p;
   pid_t pid;
   int mypipe[2], infile, outfile;
-  
+
   infile = j->stdin;
   for (p = j->first_process; p; p = p->next)
     @{
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ launch_job (job *j, int foreground)
         close (outfile);
       infile = mypipe[0];
     @}
-  
+
   format_job_info (j, "launched");
 
   if (!shell_is_interactive)
@@ -704,13 +704,13 @@ put_job_in_foreground (job *j, int cont)
         perror ("kill (SIGCONT)");
     @}
 @end group
-  
+
   /* @r{Wait for it to report.}  */
   wait_for_job (j);
-    
+
   /* @r{Put the shell back in the foreground.}  */
   tcsetpgrp (shell_terminal, shell_pgid);
-    
+
 @group
   /* @r{Restore the shell's terminal modes.}  */
   tcgetattr (shell_terminal, &j->tmodes);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ put_job_in_foreground (job *j, int cont)
 @cindex background job, launching
 If the process group is launched as a background job, the shell should
 remain in the foreground itself and continue to read commands from
-the terminal.  
+the terminal.
 
 In the sample shell, there is not much that needs to be done to put
 a job into the background.  Here is the function it uses:
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ update_status (void)
 @{
   int status;
   pid_t pid;
-  
+
   do
     pid = waitpid (WAIT_ANY, &status, WUNTRACED|WNOHANG);
   while (!mark_process_status (pid, status));
@@ -849,11 +849,11 @@ wait_for_job (job *j)
 @{
   int status;
   pid_t pid;
-  
+
   do
     pid = waitpid (WAIT_ANY, &status, WUNTRACED);
-  while (!mark_process_status (pid, status) 
-         && !job_is_stopped (j) 
+  while (!mark_process_status (pid, status)
+         && !job_is_stopped (j)
          && !job_is_completed (j));
 @}
 @end group
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ do_job_notification (void)
 
   /* @r{Update status information for child processes.}  */
   update_status ();
-  
+
   jlast = NULL;
   for (j = first_job; j; j = jnext)
     @{
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ allocated and initialized.
 Most real shells provide a complex user interface that has support for
 a command language; variables; abbreviations, substitutions, and pattern
 matching on file names; and the like.  All of this is far too complicated
-to explain here!  Instead, we have concentrated on showing how to 
+to explain here!  Instead, we have concentrated on showing how to
 implement the core process creation and job control functions that can
 be called from such a shell.
 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ represents the size of a string large enough to hold the file name
 returned by @code{ctermid}.
 @end deftypevr
 
-See also the @code{isatty} and @code{ttyname} functions, in 
+See also the @code{isatty} and @code{ttyname} functions, in
 @ref{Is It a Terminal}.
 
 
diff --git a/manual/libc.texinfo b/manual/libc.texinfo
index fa3f3e443d..f2b688400e 100644
--- a/manual/libc.texinfo
+++ b/manual/libc.texinfo
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ Pseudo-Random Numbers
 Low-Level Arithmetic Functions
 
 * Normalization Functions::     Hacks for radix-2 representations.
-* Rounding and Remainders::     Determinining the integer and
+* Rounding and Remainders::     Determining the integer and
                                  fractional parts of a float.
 * Integer Division::            Functions for performing integer division.
 * Parsing of Numbers::          Functions for ``reading'' numbers from strings.
diff --git a/manual/locale.texi b/manual/locale.texi
index cfe6b7e94b..1866c66fb7 100644
--- a/manual/locale.texi
+++ b/manual/locale.texi
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ precede the amount.
 
 We can only guess which of these (if either) matches the usual
 conventions for printing international currency symbols.  Our guess is
-that they should always preceed the amount.  If we find out a reliable
+that they should always precede the amount.  If we find out a reliable
 answer, we will put it here.
 
 @item char p_sep_by_space
diff --git a/manual/math.texi b/manual/math.texi
index 870edd54bf..61455ef8a8 100644
--- a/manual/math.texi
+++ b/manual/math.texi
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ either positive or negative @code{HUGE_VAL}.
 
 @node Inverse Trig Functions
 @section Inverse Trigonometric Functions
-@cindex inverse trigonmetric functions
+@cindex inverse trigonometric functions
 
 These are the usual arc sine, arc cosine and arc tangent functions,
 which are the inverses of the sine, cosine and tangent functions,
diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi
index e6c8649ddc..f24d7dd34c 100644
--- a/manual/nss.texi
+++ b/manual/nss.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 @cindex Name Service Switch
 @cindex NSS
-@cindex databses
+@cindex databases
 Various functions in the C Library need to be configured to work
 correctly in the local environment.  Traditionally, this was done by
 using files (e.g., @file{/etc/passwd}), but other nameservices (line the
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ the reaction on lookup result line @code{[NOTFOUND=return]}.
 
 @menu
 * Services in the NSS configuration::  Service names in the NSS configuration.
-* Actions in the NSS configuration::  React approprite on the lookup result.
+* Actions in the NSS configuration::  React appropriately to the lookup result.
 * Notes on NSS Configuration File::  Things to take care about while
                                      configuring NSS.
 @end menu
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ service.  They mean
 
 @ftable @samp
 @item success
-No error occured an the wanted entry is returned.  The default action
+No error occurred and the wanted entry is returned.  The default action
 for this is @code{return}.
 
 @item notfound
diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index 903aa48073..b1e7206b58 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ To return this vector, @code{glob} stores both its address and its
 length (number of elements, not counting the terminating null pointer)
 into @code{*@var{vector-ptr}}.
 
-Normally, @code{glob} sorts the file names alphabetically before 
+Normally, @code{glob} sorts the file names alphabetically before
 returning them.  You can turn this off with the flag @code{GLOB_NOSORT}
 if you want to get the information as fast as possible.  Usually it's
 a good idea to let @code{glob} sort them---if you process the files in
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ In the event of an error, @code{glob} stores information in
 @node Flags for Globbing
 @subsection Flags for Globbing
 
-This section describes the flags that you can specify in the 
+This section describes the flags that you can specify in the
 @var{flags} argument to @code{glob}.  Choose the flags you want,
 and combine them with the C bitwise OR operator @code{|}.
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ One of the endpoints in a range expression was invalid.
 
 These are the bit flags that you can use in the @var{cflags} operand when
 compiling a regular expression with @code{regcomp}.
- 
+
 @table @code
 @comment regex.h
 @comment POSIX.2
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ This function tries to match the compiled regular expression
 @code{regexec} returns @code{0} if the regular expression matches;
 otherwise, it returns a nonzero value.  See the table below for
 what nonzero values mean.  You can use @code{regerror} to produce an
-error message string describing the reason for a nonzero value; 
+error message string describing the reason for a nonzero value;
 see @ref{Regexp Cleanup}.
 
 The argument @var{eflags} is a word of bit flags that enable various
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ options.
 
 If you want to get information about what part of @var{string} actually
 matched the regular expression or its subexpressions, use the arguments
-@var{matchptr} and @var{nmatch}.  Otherwise, pass @code{0} for 
+@var{matchptr} and @var{nmatch}.  Otherwise, pass @code{0} for
 @var{nmatch}, and @code{NULL} for @var{matchptr}.  @xref{Regexp
 Subexpressions}.
 @end deftypefun
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ locales that were in effect when you compiled the regular expression.
 The function @code{regexec} accepts the following flags in the
 @var{eflags} argument:
 
-@table @code 
+@table @code
 @comment regex.h
 @comment POSIX.2
 @item REG_NOTBOL
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ subexpression.
 @comment POSIX.2
 @deftp {Data Type} regmatch_t
 This is the data type of the @var{matcharray} array that you pass to
-@code{regexec}.  It containes two structure fields, as follows:
+@code{regexec}.  It contains two structure fields, as follows:
 
 @table @code
 @item rm_so
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ appears within another, then the results reported for the inner
 subexpression reflect whatever happened on the last match of the outer
 subexpression.  For an example, consider @samp{\(ba\(na\)*s \)*} matching
 the string @samp{bananas bas }.  The last time the inner expression
-actually matches is near the end of the first word.  But it is 
+actually matches is near the end of the first word.  But it is
 @emph{considered} again in the second word, and fails to match there.
 @code{regexec} reports nonuse of the ``na'' subexpression.
 
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ char *get_regerror (int errcode, regex_t *compiled)
 @cindex word expansion
 @cindex expansion of shell words
 
-@dfn{Word expansion} means the process of splitting a string into 
+@dfn{Word expansion} means the process of splitting a string into
 @dfn{words} and substituting for variables, commands, and wildcards
 just as the shell does.
 
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ data it points to.
 @node Flags for Wordexp
 @subsection Flags for Word Expansion
 
-This section describes the flags that you can specify in the 
+This section describes the flags that you can specify in the
 @var{flags} argument to @code{wordexp}.  Choose the flags you want,
 and combine them with the C operator @code{|}.
 
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ characters in the value of @var{variable}.  @samp{$@{#foo@}} stands for
 @end table
 
 These variants of variable substitution let you remove part of the
-variable's value before substituting it.  The @var{prefix} and 
+variable's value before substituting it.  The @var{prefix} and
 @var{suffix} are not mere strings; they are wildcard patterns, just
 like the patterns that you use to match multiple file names.  But
 in this context, they match against parts of the variable value
diff --git a/manual/signal.texi b/manual/signal.texi
index 088c35d02f..1a4f866876 100644
--- a/manual/signal.texi
+++ b/manual/signal.texi
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ process that receives them.  These signals arrive at unpredictable times
 during execution.  External events generate signals asynchronously, and
 so do explicit requests that apply to some other process.
 
-A given type of signal is either typically synchrous or typically
+A given type of signal is either typically synchronous or typically
 asynchronous.  For example, signals for errors are typically synchronous
 because errors generate signals synchronously.  But any type of signal
 can be generated synchronously or asynchronously with an explicit
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ code profiling facilities, hence the name of this signal.
 
 The signals listed in this section are used in conjunction with
 asynchronous I/O facilities.  You have to take explicit action by
-calling @code{fcntl} to enable a particular file descriptior to generate
+calling @code{fcntl} to enable a particular file descriptor to generate
 these signals (@pxref{Interrupt Input}).  The default action for these
 signals is to ignore them.
 
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ signals to any random process.  These are intended to prevent antisocial
 behavior such as arbitrarily killing off processes belonging to another
 user.  In typical use, @code{kill} is used to pass signals between
 parent, child, and sibling processes, and in these situations you
-normally do have permission to send signals.  The only common execption
+normally do have permission to send signals.  The only common exception
 is when you run a setuid program in a child process; if the program
 changes its real UID as well as its effective UID, you may not have
 permission to send a signal.  The @code{su} program does this.
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ install_handler (void)
 @end smallexample
 
 This is more reliable than blocking the other signals explicitly in the
-code for the handler.  If you block signals explicity in the handler,
+code for the handler.  If you block signals explicitly in the handler,
 you can't avoid at least a short interval at the beginning of the
 handler where they are not yet blocked.
 
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@ these things in the other order, like this,
 
 @noindent
 then a signal arriving in between the @code{if} statement and the decrement
-would be effetively ``lost'' for an indefinite amount of time.  The
+would be effectively ``lost'' for an indefinite amount of time.  The
 handler would merely set @code{defer_signal}, but the program having
 already tested this variable, it would not test the variable again.
 
@@ -3081,7 +3081,7 @@ For most cases, just using @code{SIGSTKSZ} for @code{ss_size} is
 sufficient.  But if you know how much stack space your program's signal
 handlers will need, you may want to use a different size.  In this case,
 you should allocate @code{MINSIGSTKSZ} additional bytes for the signal
-stack and increase @code{ss_size} accordinly.
+stack and increase @code{ss_size} accordingly.
 @end vtable
 
 @item int ss_flags
diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi
index b931365fcb..426f9496b5 100644
--- a/manual/startup.texi
+++ b/manual/startup.texi
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ must compare the external variable @code{optind} against the @var{argc}
 parameter to check this.
 
 If the option has an argument, @code{getopt} returns the argument by
-storing it in the varables @var{optarg}.  You don't ordinarily need to
+storing it in the variable @var{optarg}.  You don't ordinarily need to
 copy the @code{optarg} string, since it is a pointer into the original
 @var{argv} array, not into a static area that might be overwritten.
 
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index b721af91b0..02236e3273 100644
--- a/manual/stdio.texi
+++ b/manual/stdio.texi
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ input/output library functions.  Don't try to create your own objects of
 type @code{FILE}; let the library do it.  Your programs should
 deal only with pointers to these objects (that is, @code{FILE *} values)
 rather than the objects themselves.
-@c !!! should say that FILE's have "No user-servicable parts inside."
+@c !!! should say that FILE's have "No user-serviceable parts inside."
 
 @node Standard Streams
 @section Standard Streams
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ a base type of @code{PA_DOUBLE} to indicate a type of @code{long double}.
 @end table
 
 @ifinfo
-For an example of using these facilitles, see @ref{Example of Parsing}.
+For an example of using these facilities, see @ref{Example of Parsing}.
 @end ifinfo
 
 @node Example of Parsing
diff --git a/manual/terminal.texi b/manual/terminal.texi
index a9593ccfc5..fcd30a11aa 100644
--- a/manual/terminal.texi
+++ b/manual/terminal.texi
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ descriptor is and how to open a file descriptor for a terminal device.
 * Canonical or Not::            Two basic styles of input processing.
 * Terminal Modes::              How to examine and modify flags controlling
 			         details of terminal I/O: echoing,
-                                 signals, editing. 
+                                 signals, editing.
 * Line Control::                Sending break sequences, clearing
-                                 terminal buffers @dots{} 
+                                 terminal buffers @dots{}
 * Noncanon Example::            How to read single characters without echo.
 @end menu
 
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ constants are all declared in the header file @file{termios.h}.
 
 @menu
 * Mode Data Types::             The data type @code{struct termios} and
-                                 related types. 
+                                 related types.
 * Mode Functions::              Functions to read and set the terminal
-                                 attributes. 
+                                 attributes.
 * Setting Modes::               The right way to set terminal attributes
                                  reliably.
 * Input Modes::                 Flags controlling low-level input handling.
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ signal for the foreground process group associated with the terminal.
 
 If neither @code{BRKINT} nor @code{IGNBRK} are set, a break condition is
 passed to the application as a single @code{'\0'} character if
-@code{PARMRK} is not set, or otherwise as a three-character sequence 
+@code{PARMRK} is not set, or otherwise as a three-character sequence
 @code{'\377'}, @code{'\0'}, @code{'\0'}.
 @end deftypevr
 
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ attempt to write to the terminal.  @xref{Access to the Terminal}.
 
 The following bits are BSD extensions; they exist only in BSD systems
 and the GNU system.
-     
+
 @comment termios.h
 @comment BSD
 @deftypevr Macro tcflag_t ALTWERASE
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ itself.
 The LNEXT character is recognized only when @code{IEXTEN} is set, but in
 both canonical and noncanonical mode.  It disables any special
 significance of the next character the user types.  Even if the
-character would normally perform some editting function or generate a
+character would normally perform some editing function or generate a
 signal, it is read as a plain character.  This is the analogue of the
 @kbd{C-q} command in Emacs.  ``LNEXT'' stands for ``literal next.''
 
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ TIME elapses with no further input.
 TIME elapses first.  @code{read} can return more than MIN characters if
 more than MIN happen to be in the queue.
 
-@item 
+@item
 Both MIN and TIME are zero.
 
 In this case, @code{read} always returns immediately with as many
diff --git a/manual/users.texi b/manual/users.texi
index 9e397d3d4d..a622dd5fd4 100644
--- a/manual/users.texi
+++ b/manual/users.texi
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ password database file.
 
 If the function returns null @var{result} points to the structure with
 the wanted data (normally this is in @var{result_buf}).  If errors
-occured the return value is non-null and @var{result} contains a null
+occurred the return value is non-null and @var{result} contains a null
 pointer.
 @end deftypefun
 
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ buffer or length @var{buflen} starting at @var{buffer}.
 
 If the function returns zero @var{result} points to the structure with
 the wanted data (normally this is in @var{result_buf}).  If errors
-occured the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
+occurred the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
 pointer.
 @end deftypefun
 
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ group database file.
 
 If the function returns zero @var{result} points to the structure with
 the wanted data (normally this is in @var{result_buf}).  If errors
-occured the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
+occurred the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
 pointer.
 @end deftypefun
 
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ buffer or length @var{buflen} starting at @var{buffer}.
 
 If the function returns zero @var{result} points to the structure with
 the wanted data (normally this is in @var{result_buf}).  If errors
-occured the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
+occurred the return value is non-zero and @var{result} contains a null
 pointer.
 @end deftypefun
 
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ them individual names.  More concrete: a netgroup is a list of triples
 consisting of a host name, a user name, and a domain name, where any of
 the entries can be a wildcard entry, matching all inputs.  A last
 possibility is that names of other netgroups can also be given in the
-list specifying a netgroup.  So one can construct arbitrary hierachies
+list specifying a netgroup.  So one can construct arbitrary hierarchies
 without loops.
 
 Sun's implementation allows netgroups only for the @code{nis} or
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ in the netgroup with name @var{netgroup}.
 
 When the call is successful (i.e., when a netgroup with this name exist)
 the return value is @code{1}.  When the return value is @code{0} no
-netgroup of this name is known or some other error occured.
+netgroup of this name is known or some other error occurred.
 @end deftypefun
 
 It is important to remember that there is only one single state for
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ The returned string pointers are only valid unless no of the netgroup
 related functions are called.
 
 The return value is @code{1} if the next entry was successfully read.  A
-value of @code{0} means no further entry exist or internal errors occured.
+value of @code{0} means no further entries exist or internal errors occurred.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment netdb.h
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ even after other netgroup related functions are called.
 The return value is @code{1} if the next entry was successfully read and
 the buffer contains enough room to place the strings in it.  @code{0} is
 returned in case no more entries are found, the buffer is too small, or
-internal errors occured.
+internal errors occurred.
 
 This function is a GNU extension.  The original implementation in the
 SunOS libc does not provide this function.
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ otherwise.
 The return value is @code{1} if an entry matching the given triple is
 found in the netgroup.  The return value is @code{0} if the netgroup
 itself is not found, the netgroup does not contain the triple or
-internal errors occured.
+internal errors occurred.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @node Database Example,  , Netgroup Database, Users and Groups