Fix typos (spelling errors) in Porting/*.

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Signed-off-by: Abigail <abigail@abigail.be>

15 files changed, 57 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 9170c6ce54..4ee4c28430 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ config_arg0 (Options.U):
 	command, as reported by the shell in the $0 variable.
 
 config_argc (Options.U):
-	This variable countains the number of command-line arguments
+	This variable contains the number of command-line arguments
 	passed to Configure, as reported by the shell in the $# variable.
 	The individual arguments are stored as variables config_argc1,
 	config_argc2, etc.
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ d_casti32 (d_casti32.U):
 
 d_castneg (d_castneg.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines CASTNEG, which indicates
-	wether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
+	whether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
 
 d_charvspr (d_vprintf.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines CHARVSPRINTF if this system
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U):
 
 d_eunice (Guess.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which
-	alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS.
+	alerts the C program that it must deal with idiosyncrasies of VMS.
 
 d_faststdio (d_faststdio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FAST_STDIO symbol,
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
 
 d_getespwnam (d_getespwnam.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETESPWNAM if getespwnam() is
-	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+	available to retrieve enhanced (shadow) password entries by name.
 
 d_getfsstat (d_getfsstat.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETFSSTAT symbol, which
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ d_memcpy (d_memcpy.U):
 d_memmove (d_memmove.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMMOVE symbol, which
 	indicates to the C program that the memmove() routine is available
-	to copy potentatially overlapping blocks of memory.
+	to copy potentially overlapping blocks of memory.
 
 d_memset (d_memset.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMSET symbol, which
@@ -1628,41 +1628,41 @@ d_prctl_set_name (d_prctl.U):
 
 d_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
 
 d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 
 d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even
 	case-blind systems can see the difference.
 
 d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 
 d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even
 	case-blind systems can see the difference.
 
 d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 
 d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
 	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even
 	case-blind systems can see the difference.
 
 d_PRIi64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
 
 d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines PRINTF_FORMAT_NULL_OK, which
@@ -1670,20 +1670,20 @@ d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
 
 d_PRIo64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIo64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
 
 d_PRIu64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIu64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
 	numbers.
 
 d_PRIx64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIx64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
 
 d_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
 	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
 	case-blind systems can see the difference.
 
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ d_scm_rights (d_socket.U):
 
 d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
-	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
+	indicates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
 
 d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ d_telldirproto (d_telldirproto.U):
 
 d_time (d_time.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
-	that the time() routine exists.  The time() routine is normaly
+	that the time() routine exists.  The time() routine is normally
 	provided on UNIX systems.
 
 d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
 
 d_times (d_times.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMES symbol, which indicates
-	that the times() routine exists.  The times() routine is normaly
+	that the times() routine exists.  The times() routine is normally
 	provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
 
 d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U):
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ d_voidtty (i_sysioctl.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines USE_IOCNOTTY to indicate that the
 	ioctl() call with TIOCNOTTY should be used to void tty association.
 	Otherwise (on USG probably), it is enough to close the standard file
-	decriptors and do a setpgrp().
+	descriptors and do a setpgrp().
 
 d_volatile (d_volatile.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the HASVOLATILE symbol, which
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ expr (Loc.U):
 extensions (Extensions.U):
 	This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
 	non-xs linked into the package.  It is propagated to Config.pm
-	and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
+	and is typically used to test whether a particular extension
 	is available.
 
 extern_C (Csym.U):
@@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ inc_version_list_init (inc_version_list.U):
 	suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
 
 incpath (usrinc.U):
-	This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
+	This variable must precede the normal include path to get hte
 	right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
 	Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
 
@@ -3397,7 +3397,7 @@ installarchlib (archlib.U):
 
 installbin (bin.U):
 	This variable is the same as binexp unless AFS is running in which case
-	the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always
+	the user is explicitly prompted for it. This variable should always
 	be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
 
 installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
@@ -4758,7 +4758,7 @@ startperl (startperl.U):
 	eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
 	if $running_under_some_shell;
 	to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note
-	that this magic incatation is not understood by csh.
+	that this magic incantation is not understood by csh.
 
 startsh (startsh.U):
 	This variable contains the string to put on the front of a shell
@@ -5028,7 +5028,7 @@ usemultiplicity (usemultiplicity.U):
 usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
 	This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package
 	is desired over the system's version of malloc.  People often include
-	special versions of malloc for effiency, but such versions are often
+	special versions of malloc for efficiency, but such versions are often
 	less portable.  See also mallocsrc and mallocobj.
 	If this is 'y', then -lmalloc is removed from $libs.
 
@@ -5072,7 +5072,7 @@ userelocatableinc (bin.U):
 usesfio (d_sfio.U):
 	This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio.
 	It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user
-	explicitely requests not to use sfio.  It is here primarily so
+	explicitly requests not to use sfio.  It is here primarily so
 	that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of
 	d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
 
@@ -5100,7 +5100,7 @@ usevendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
 usevfork (d_vfork.U):
 	This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
 	It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
-	explicitely requests not to use vfork.
+	explicitly requests not to use vfork.
 
 usrinc (usrinc.U):
 	This variable holds the path of the include files, which is
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pl b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
index 0c8ef3935c..df345763f7 100755
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pl
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pl
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ use File::Glob qw(:case);
 #
 
 # MAP is a hash that maps CPAN paths to their core equivalents.
-# Each key reprepresents a string prefix, with longest prefixes checked
+# Each key represents a string prefix, with longest prefixes checked
 # first. The first match causes that prefix to be replaced with the
 # corresponding key. For example, with the following MAP:
 #   {
diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pm b/Porting/Maintainers.pm
index 51c847f4af..d44bb95ce6 100644
--- a/Porting/Maintainers.pm
+++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pm
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sub expand_glob {
 		    @files;
 		}
 	    # The rest are globbable patterns; expand the glob, then
-	    # recurively perform directory expansion on any results
+	    # recursively perform directory expansion on any results
 	    : expand_glob(grep -e $_,glob($_))
 	    } @_;
 }
diff --git a/Porting/README.y2038 b/Porting/README.y2038
index a3530d21aa..41087d5215 100644
--- a/Porting/README.y2038
+++ b/Porting/README.y2038
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ against a large table of known good values in different time zones.
 Limitations, Issues, etc...
 ---------------------------
 localtime64_r() gets its time zone and daylight savings time information by
-mappping the future year back to a similar one between 2010 and 2037, safe
+mapping the future year back to a similar one between 2010 and 2037, safe
 for localtime_r().  The calculations are accurate according to current time
 zone and daylight savings information, but may become inaccurate if a
 change is made that takes place after 2010.
diff --git a/Porting/bump-perl-version b/Porting/bump-perl-version
index 679aa28ad7..b5752fb173 100644
--- a/Porting/bump-perl-version
+++ b/Porting/bump-perl-version
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EOF
 my %opts;
 getopts('csu', \%opts) or usage;
 if ($opts{u}) {
-    @ARGV == 0 or usage('no version version numbers should be speciied');
+    @ARGV == 0 or usage('no version version numbers should be specified');
     # fake to stop warnings when calculating $oldx etc
     @ARGV = qw(99.99.99 99.99.99);
 }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ elsif ($opts{u}) {
     do_update();
 }
 else {
-    usage('one of -c, -s or -u must be specifcied');
+    usage('one of -c, -s or -u must be specified');
 }
 exit 0;
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ sub do_update {
 	elsif (/^\s+(\d+): -(.*)/) {
 	    my $old;
 	    ($line, $old) = ($1,$2);
-	    die "$.: old line without preceeding filename\n"
+	    die "$.: old line without preceding filename\n"
 			    unless defined $file;
 	    die "Dup line number: $line\n" if exists $changes{$file}{$line};
 	    $changes{$file}{$line}[0] = $old;
diff --git a/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl b/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
index e2b3bd24ca..9c8e60b7b7 100755
--- a/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
+++ b/Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Modifiers:
    --reverse                      # show rankings in reverse
 
 Generate git-log-output-file with git log --pretty=fuller rev1..rev2
-(or pipe by specifing '-' for stdin).  For example:
+(or pipe by specifying '-' for stdin).  For example:
   \$ git log --pretty=fuller v5.12.0..v5.12.1 > gitlog
   \$ perl Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl --rank --percentage gitlog
 EOS
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 295f6ca8d9..0577e50206 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
 
 /* HAS_QUAD:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
- *	Quad_t, and its unsigned counterpar, Uquad_t. QUADKIND will be one
+ *	Quad_t, and its unsigned counterpart, Uquad_t. QUADKIND will be one
  *	of QUAD_IS_INT, QUAD_IS_LONG, QUAD_IS_LONG_LONG, or QUAD_IS_INT64_T.
  */
 #define HAS_QUAD	/**/
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@
  *	unsigned long, int, etc.  It may be necessary to include
  *	<sys/types.h> to get any typedef'ed information.
  */
-#define Size_t size_t	 /* length paramater for string functions */
+#define Size_t size_t	 /* length parameter for string functions */
 
 /* Sock_size_t:
  *	This symbol holds the type used for the size argument of
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@
  *	    2 = supports arrays of pointers to functions returning void
  *	    4 = supports comparisons between pointers to void functions and
  *		    addresses of void functions
- *	    8 = suports declaration of generic void pointers
+ *	    8 = supports declaration of generic void pointers
  *
  *	The package designer should define VOIDUSED to indicate the requirements
  *	of the package.  This can be done either by #defining VOIDUSED before
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@
 
 /* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
- *	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ *	available to retrieve enhanced (shadow) password entries by name.
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM		/ **/
 
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@
 
 /* HAS_MKSTEMPS:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mkstemps routine is
- *	available to excluslvely create and open a uniquely named
+ *	available to exclusively create and open a uniquely named
  *	(with a suffix) temporary file.
  */
 /*#define HAS_MKSTEMPS		/ **/
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@
 /* NV_OVERFLOWS_INTEGERS_AT:
  *	This symbol gives the largest integer value that NVs can hold. This
  *	value + 1.0 cannot be stored accurately. It is expressed as constant
- *	floating point expression to reduce the chance of decimale/binary
+ *	floating point expression to reduce the chance of decimal/binary
  *	conversion issues. If it can not be determined, the value 0 is given.
  */
 /* NV_ZERO_IS_ALLBITS_ZERO:
diff --git a/Porting/corecpan.pl b/Porting/corecpan.pl
index 0a6086c809..41778c1573 100755
--- a/Porting/corecpan.pl
+++ b/Porting/corecpan.pl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ our $opt_h and usage;
 our $opt_t;
 
 my @sources = @ARGV ? @ARGV : '.';
-die "Too many directories speficied without -t option\n"
+die "Too many directories specified without -t option\n"
     if @sources != 1 and ! $opt_t;
 
 @sources = map {
diff --git a/Porting/fixCORE b/Porting/fixCORE
index f7f4539fd6..c902857b05 100644
--- a/Porting/fixCORE
+++ b/Porting/fixCORE
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ while ($work)
     print;
    }
   close(PIPE);
-# warn "Make retured $?\n";
+# warn "Make returned $?\n";
 # last unless $?;
   my $changed = 0;
   foreach my $file (keys %fix)
diff --git a/Porting/fixvars b/Porting/fixvars
index 201c37f3ad..a21ea42a38 100644
--- a/Porting/fixvars
+++ b/Porting/fixvars
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ while ($work)
     print;
    }
   close(PIPE);
-  warn "Make retured $?\n";
+  warn "Make returned $?\n";
   last unless $?;
   my $changed = 0;
   foreach my $file (keys %fix)
diff --git a/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod b/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
index 851ed286a4..423b42a884 100644
--- a/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
+++ b/Porting/how_to_write_a_perldelta.pod
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ within F<ext/> and F<lib/> to a number of people.
 B<FIXME> - this could be automated better
 
 If Module::CoreList has been updated, then F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>
-will automatically print out several sections if relevent that can be
+will automatically print out several sections if relevant that can be
 pasted into F<perldelta>:
 
     * New Modules and Pragmata
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Each section will have stub entries following a template like this:
     Upgraded from version 0.01 to 0.02
 
 It does not include modules listed in F<Porting/Maintainers.pl> under
-C<_PERLLIB>, but it's a start.  Where relevent, a summary of changes can be
+C<_PERLLIB>, but it's a start.  Where relevant, a summary of changes can be
 added by hand.
 
 A more adventurous enhancement would be to automate grabbing
diff --git a/Porting/makerel b/Porting/makerel
index 2f845487a0..39730b3d60 100755
--- a/Porting/makerel
+++ b/Porting/makerel
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ usage: $0 [ -r rootdir ] [-s suffix ] [ -b ] [ -n ]
     -r rootdir   directory under which to create the build dir and tarball
                  defaults to '..'
     -s suffix    suffix to append to to the perl-x.y.z dir and tarball name
-		 defaults to the concatenaion of the local_patches entry
+		 defaults to the concatenation of the local_patches entry
 		 in patchlevel.h (or blank, if none)
     -b           make a .bz2 file in addtion to a .gz file
     -n           do not make any tarballs, just the directory
diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index c3d563eaf1..6d31dcce50 100644
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ information on obtaining the metaconfig units.
 This section has now been expanded and moved into its own file,
 F<Porting/release_managers_guide.pod>.
 
-I've kept some of the subsections here for now, as they don't  direclty
-eleate to building a release any more, but still contain what might be
+I've kept some of the subsections here for now, as they don't directly
+relate to building a release any more, but still contain what might be
 useful information - DAPM 7/2009.
 
 =head2 run metaconfig
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ were to install /usr/lib/libperl.so.4.5.  Now, when you try to run
 perl5.004_04, ld.so might try to load libperl.so.4.5, since it has
 the right "major version" number.  If this works at all, it almost
 certainly defeats the reason for keeping perl5.004_04 around.  Worse,
-with development subversions, you certaily can't guarantee that
+with development subversions, you certainly can't guarantee that
 libperl.so.4.4 and libperl.so.4.55 will be compatible.
 
 Anyway, all this leads to quite obscure failures that are sure to drive
diff --git a/Porting/regcharclass.pl b/Porting/regcharclass.pl
index 2d900393e4..5bafcc9b26 100755
--- a/Porting/regcharclass.pl
+++ b/Porting/regcharclass.pl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Do a lookup assuming the string is encoded in latin-1 (aka plan octets).
 
 =item is_WHATEVER_cp(cp)
 
-Check to see if the string matches a given codepoint (hypotethically a
+Check to see if the string matches a given codepoint (hypothetically a
 U32). The condition is constructed as as to "break out" as early as
 possible if the codepoint is out of range of the condition.
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
 #
 # ($cp,$n,$l,$u)=__uni_latin($str);
 #
-# Return a list of arrays, each of which when interepreted correctly
+# Return a list of arrays, each of which when interpreted correctly
 # represent the string in some given encoding with specific conditions.
 #
 # $cp - list of codepoints that make up the string.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ sub new {
         } elsif ( $str =~ /^0x/ ) {
             $str= chr eval $str;
         } elsif ( /\S/ ) {
-            die "Unparseable line: $txt\n";
+            die "Unparsable line: $txt\n";
         } else {
             next;
         }
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ sub new {
 
 # my $trie = make_trie($type,$maxlen);
 #
-# using the data stored in the object build a trie of a specifc type,
+# using the data stored in the object build a trie of a specific type,
 # and with specific maximum depth. The trie is made up the elements of
 # the given types array for each string in the object (assuming it is
 # not too long.)
 #
-# returns the trie, or undef if there was no relevent data in the object.
+# returns the trie, or undef if there was no relevant data in the object.
 #
 
 sub make_trie {
diff --git a/Porting/valgrindpp.pl b/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
index 5078734dfb..79285cbdad 100755
--- a/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
+++ b/Porting/valgrindpp.pl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (exists $opt{'output-file'}) {
 # %error = (
 #   error_name => {
 #                   stack_frame => {
-#                                    test_script => occurences
+#                                    test_script => occurrences
 #                                  }
 #                 }
 # );
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if (exists $opt{'output-file'}) {
 # %leak = (
 #   leak_type => {
 #                  stack_frames => {
-#                                    test_script => occurences
+#                                    test_script => occurrences
 #                                  }
 #                } # stack frames are separated by '<'s
 # );