[PATCH] man2, man3: Fix spelling (British -> American)
From: Simon Essien <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-06 10:32:07
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Change 'signalled' to 'signaled' to follow American English standards. Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <redacted> Signed-off-by: Simon Essien <redacted> --- man/man2/select_tut.2 | 2 +- man/man3/exit.3 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/select_tut.2 b/man/man2/select_tut.2
index 8fd312bcd..6071ec7d8 100644
--- a/man/man2/select_tut.2
+++ b/man/man2/select_tut.2@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) if (got_SIGCHLD) { got_SIGCHLD = 0; \& - /* Handle signalled event here; e.g., wait() for all + /* Handle signaled event here; e.g., wait() for all terminated children. (Code omitted.) */ } \&
diff --git a/man/man3/exit.3 b/man/man3/exit.3
index da33aab4b..114d8247f 100644
--- a/man/man3/exit.3
+++ b/man/man3/exit.3@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ See for an explanation of orphaned process groups. .P Except in the above cases, -where the signalled processes may be children of the terminating process, +where the signaled processes may be children of the terminating process, termination of a process does .I not in general cause a signal to be sent to children of that process.
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