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authorAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2001-05-21 17:38:30 +0000
committerAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2001-05-21 17:38:30 +0000
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Update.
2001-05-21 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * locale/programs/ld-collate.c (handle_ellipsis): Fix message. Patch by Philipp Thomas <pthomas@suse.de>.
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diff --git a/manual/process.texi b/manual/process.texi
index aa5f7270d4..c17c4b0eab 100644
--- a/manual/process.texi
+++ b/manual/process.texi
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ status code can be interpreted.
If the @var{command} argument is a null pointer, a return value of zero
indicates that no command processor is available.
-This function is a cancelation point in multi-threaded programs. This
+This function is a cancellation point in multi-threaded programs. This
is a problem if the thread allocates some resources (like memory, file
descriptors, semaphores or whatever) at the time @code{system} is
called. If the thread gets canceled these resources stay allocated
until the program ends. To avoid this calls to @code{system} should be
-protected using cancelation handlers.
+protected using cancellation handlers.
@c ref pthread_cleanup_push / pthread_cleanup_pop
@pindex stdlib.h
@@ -492,12 +492,12 @@ processes as well as processes that have terminated.
The status information from the child process is stored in the object
that @var{status-ptr} points to, unless @var{status-ptr} is a null pointer.
-This function is a cancelation point in multi-threaded programs. This
+This function is a cancellation point in multi-threaded programs. This
is a problem if the thread allocates some resources (like memory, file
descriptors, semaphores or whatever) at the time @code{waitpid} is
called. If the thread gets canceled these resources stay allocated
until the program ends. To avoid this calls to @code{waitpid} should be
-protected using cancelation handlers.
+protected using cancellation handlers.
@c ref pthread_cleanup_push / pthread_cleanup_pop
The return value is normally the process ID of the child process whose
@@ -579,12 +579,12 @@ is exactly equivalent to:
waitpid (-1, &status, 0)
@end smallexample
-This function is a cancelation point in multi-threaded programs. This
+This function is a cancellation point in multi-threaded programs. This
is a problem if the thread allocates some resources (like memory, file
descriptors, semaphores or whatever) at the time @code{wait} is
called. If the thread gets canceled these resources stay allocated
until the program ends. To avoid this calls to @code{wait} should be
-protected using cancelation handlers.
+protected using cancellation handlers.
@c ref pthread_cleanup_push / pthread_cleanup_pop
@end deftypefun