Bug 28155 - Superfluous "the" in the man page
Summary: Superfluous "the" in the man page
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: binutils
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ld (show other bugs)
Version: 2.36
: P2 minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alan Modra
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Reported: 2021-07-30 18:24 UTC by Omega Tron
Modified: 2022-06-22 06:31 UTC (History)
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Description Omega Tron 2021-07-30 18:24:49 UTC 
Found a small error in the man page of 'ld' today. It's at the end of the section for the "--soname" parameter ( https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.37/ld/Options.html#Options ) :

"by the DT_SONAME field rather than the using the file name given to the linker."

should be

"by the DT_SONAME field rather than using the file name given to the linker."

Note the superfluous "the" in the first snippet. It's also in my local installation of version 2.36.1 and probably older versions.
Comment 1 Sourceware Commits 2021-08-04 03:48:05 UTC 
The master branch has been updated by Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=010e444b2f731ca56b6fba7f4dd47df17d6e7008

commit 010e444b2f731ca56b6fba7f4dd47df17d6e7008
Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 4 13:14:29 2021 +0930

    PR28155, Superfluous "the" in the man page
    
            PR 28155
            * ld.texi (Options <runtime library name>): Correct grammar.
Comment 2 Alan Modra 2021-08-04 03:51:28 UTC 
Patch applied.