[PATCH] chore: correct misrepresented wording

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Thu May 7 11:38:31 GMT 2026


On 07.05.2026 13:25, Pranav Joshi wrote:
> From: PranavRJoshi <pranavrjoshi1@gmail.com>
> 
> The file ld.texi contains two space-separated terms: 'subseque nt'. It was probably meant to be 'subsequent'.

Nit: As per the patch contents it's only one. I'll adjust while committing.

Jan

> 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



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