[PATCH] chore: correct misrepresented wording
Pranav Joshi
pranavrjoshi1@gmail.com
Thu May 7 11:25:25 GMT 2026
From: PranavRJoshi <pranavrjoshi1@gmail.com>
The file ld.texi contains two space-separated terms: 'subseque nt'. It was probably meant to be 'subsequent'.
Manual documentation in html format also contains this error. I submitted a patch for it too, which can be
viewed at this archive link: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2026-May/149206.html
Signed-off-by: PranavRJoshi <pranavrjoshi1@gmail.com>
---
ld/ld.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index 273c80b356b..23fcfb2e63d 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ does not insert a version string. This is the default.
@item --enable-non-contiguous-regions
This option avoids generating an error if an input section does not
fit a matching output section. The linker tries to allocate the input
-section to subseque nt matching output sections, and generates an
+section to subsequent matching output sections, and generates an
error only if no output section is large enough. This is useful when
several non-contiguous memory regions are available and the input
section does not require a particular one. The order in which input
--
2.34.1
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