Fix typos, especially those that end up in the Nix manual

corepkgs/buildenv.pl

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sub createLinks {
             elsif (-l _) {
                 my $target = readlink $dstFile or die;
                 if (!-d $target) {
-                    die "collission between directory `$srcFile' and non-directory `$target'";
+                    die "collision between directory `$srcFile' and non-directory `$target'";
                 }
                 unlink $dstFile or die "error unlinking `$dstFile': $!";
                 mkdir $dstFile, 0755 ||
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sub createLinks {
             if (-l $dstFile) {
                 my $target = readlink $dstFile;
                 my $prevPriority = $priorities{$dstFile};
-                die ( "collission between `$srcFile' and `$target'; "
+                die ( "collision between `$srcFile' and `$target'; "
                     . "use `nix-env --set-flag "
                     . "priority NUMBER PKGNAME' to change the priority of "
                     . "one of the conflicting packages\n" )

doc/manual/builtins.xml

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
-    <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a int, and
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to an int, and
     <literal>false</literal> otherwise.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>

doc/manual/conf-file.xml

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     <listitem><para>This option defines the maximum number of jobs
     that Nix will try to build in parallel.  The default is
     <literal>1</literal>.  You should generally set it to the number
-    of CPUs in your system (e.g., <literal>2</literal> on a Athlon 64
+    of CPUs in your system (e.g., <literal>2</literal> on an Athlon 64
-    X2).  It can be overriden using the <option
+    X2).  It can be overridden using the <option
     linkend='opt-max-jobs'>--max-jobs</option> (<option>-j</option>)
     command line switch.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     <varname>enableParallelBuilding</varname> is set to
     <literal>true</literal>, the builder passes the
     <option>-j<replaceable>N</replaceable></option> flag to GNU Make.
-    It can be overriden using the <option
+    It can be overridden using the <option
     linkend='opt-cores'>--cores</option> command line switch and
     defaults to <literal>1</literal>.  The value <literal>0</literal>
     means that the builder should use all available CPU cores in the
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
 
       <para>This option defines the maximum number of seconds that a
       builder can go without producing any data on standard output or
-      standard error.  This is useful (for instance in a automated
+      standard error.  This is useful (for instance in an automated
       build system) to catch builds that are stuck in an infinite
       loop, or to catch remote builds that are hanging due to network
-      problems.  It can be overriden using the <option
+      problems.  It can be overridden using the <option
       linkend="opt-max-silent-time">--max-silent-time</option> command
       line switch.</para>
 
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     <listitem>
 
       <para>This option defines the maximum number of seconds that a
-      builder can run.  This is useful (for instance in a automated
+      builder can run.  This is useful (for instance in an automated
       build system) to catch builds that are stuck in an infinite loop
       but keep writing to their standard output or standard error.  It
-      can be overriden using the <option
+      can be overridden using the <option
       linkend="opt-timeout">--timeout</option> command line
       switch.</para>
 

doc/manual/env-common.xml

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
 <varlistentry xml:id="envar-other-stores"><term><envar>NIX_OTHER_STORES</envar></term>
 
   <listitem><para>This variable contains the paths of remote Nix
-  installations from whichs paths can be copied, separated by colons.
+  installations from which packages can be copied, separated by colons.
   <phrase condition="manual">See <xref linkend="sec-sharing-packages"
   /> for details.</phrase>  Each path should be the
   <filename>/nix</filename> directory of a remote Nix installation

doc/manual/nix-env.xml

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ number of possible ways:
   linkend="ss-functions">functions</link> that are called with the
   active Nix expression as their single argument.  The derivations
   returned by those function calls are installed.  This allows
-  derivations to be specified in a unambiguous way, which is necessary
+  derivations to be specified in an unambiguous way, which is necessary
   if there are multiple derivations with the same
   name.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ firefox-2.0.0.9 <lineannotation>(the current one)</lineannotation>
 $ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
 installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
 building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
-Collission between `/nix/store/<replaceable>...</replaceable>-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
+collision between `/nix/store/<replaceable>...</replaceable>-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
   and `/nix/store/<replaceable>...</replaceable>-firefox-2.0.0.9/bin/firefox'.
 <lineannotation>(i.e., can’t have two active at the same time)</lineannotation>
 
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ wrapper around <option>--list-generations</option> and
 $ nix-env --rollback
 switching from generation 92 to 91
 
-$ nix-env --rolback
+$ nix-env --rollback
 error: no generation older than the current (91) exists</screen>
 
 </refsection>

doc/manual/nix-store.xml

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ the specified store paths.  Realisation is a somewhat overloaded term:
   exist in the file system).  If the path is already valid, we are
   done immediately.  Otherwise, the path and any missing paths in its
   closure may be produced through substitutes.  If there are no
-  (succesful) subsitutes, realisation fails.</para></listitem>
+  (successful) subsitutes, realisation fails.</para></listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 

doc/manual/opt-common.xml

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
       interpreted by the <command>nix-log2xml</command> tool in the
       Nix source distribution.  The resulting XML file can be fed into
       the <command>log2html.xsl</command> stylesheet to create an HTML
-      file that can be browsed interactively, using Javascript to
+      file that can be browsed interactively, using JavaScript to
       expand and collapse parts of the output.</para></listitem>
 
     </varlistentry>

doc/manual/package-management.xml

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ downloading binaries from <systemitem
 class='fqdomainname'>nixos.org</systemitem>, instead of building
 them from source.  This might still take a while since all
 dependencies must be downloaded, but on a reasonably fast connection
-such as an DSL line it’s on the order of a few minutes.</para>
+such as a DSL line it’s on the order of a few minutes.</para>
 
 <para>Naturally, packages can also be uninstalled:
 

doc/manual/release-notes.xml

@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ irreversible.</para></warning>
   </para></listitem>
   
 
-  <listitem><para>You can now unambigously specify which derivation to
+  <listitem><para>You can now unambiguously specify which derivation to
   build or install in <command>nix-env</command>,
   <command>nix-instantiate</command> and <command>nix-build</command>
   using the <option>--attr</option> / <option>-A</option> flags, which
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ irreversible.</para></warning>
     <itemizedlist>
 
       <listitem><para>Make sure that the garbage collector can run
-      succesfully when the disk is full
+      successfully when the disk is full
       (<literal>NIX-18</literal>).</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para><command>nix-env</command> now locks the profile
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper'</screen>
   </itemizedlist></para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>A hash of the contents of a store path is now stored
-  in the database after a succesful build.  This allows you to check
+  in the database after a successful build.  This allows you to check
   whether store paths have been tampered with: <command>nix-store
   --verify --check-contents</command>.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper'</screen>
     <itemizedlist>
 
       <listitem><para>Derivations for other platforms are filtered out
-      (which can be overriden using
+      (which can be overridden using
       <option>--system-filter</option>).</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para><option>--install</option> by default now

doc/manual/troubleshooting.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bug tracker</link> for a list of currently known issues.</para>
 $ nix-env -i docbook-xml
 ...
 adding /nix/store/s5hyxgm62gk2...-docbook-xml-4.2
-collission between `/nix/store/s5hyxgm62gk2...-docbook-xml-4.2/xml/dtd/docbook/calstblx.dtd'
+collision between `/nix/store/s5hyxgm62gk2...-docbook-xml-4.2/xml/dtd/docbook/calstblx.dtd'
   and `/nix/store/06h377hr4b33...-docbook-xml-4.3/xml/dtd/docbook/calstblx.dtd'
   at /nix/store/...-builder.pl line 62.</screen>
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in <filename>/nix/store</filename>, as can be seen using <command>ls
 $ ls -l /nix/store
 drwxrwxrwt 32000 nix nix 4620288 Sep 8 15:08 store</screen>
 
-The <literal>ext2</literal> file system is limited to a inode link
+The <literal>ext2</literal> file system is limited to an inode link
 count of 32,000 (each subdirectory increasing the count by one).
 Furthermore, the <literal>st_nlink</literal> field of the
 <function>stat</function> system call is a 16-bit value.</para>

doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml

@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ Laziness means that arguments to functions are evaluated only when
 they are needed.  Functional means that functions are
 <quote>normal</quote> values that can be passed around and manipulated
 in interesting ways.  The language is not a full-featured, general
-purpose language.  It's main job is to describe packages,
+purpose language.  Its main job is to describe packages,
 compositions of packages, and the variability within
 packages.</para>
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ configureFlags = "
     <literal>''</literal>, i.e., <literal>''${</literal>.
     <literal>''</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with
     <literal>'</literal>, i.e., <literal>'''</literal>.  Finally,
-    linefeed, carriage-return and tab characters can be writted as
+    linefeed, carriage-return and tab characters can be written as
     <literal>''\n</literal>, <literal>''\r</literal>,
     <literal>''\t</literal>.</para>
 
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   absolute at parse time relative to the directory of the Nix
   expression that contained it.  For instance, if a Nix expression in
   <filename>/foo/bar/bla.nix</filename> refers to
-  <filename>../xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>, the absolutised path is
+  <filename>../xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>, the absolute path is
   <filename>/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para><emphasis>Booleans</emphasis> with values

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState()
            physical RAM, up to a maximum of 384 MiB) so that in most
            cases we don't need to garbage collect at all.  (Collection
            has a fairly significant overhead.)  The heap size can be
-           overriden through libgc's GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE environment
+           overridden through libgc's GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE environment
            variable.  We should probably also provide a nix.conf
            setting for this.  Note that GC_expand_hp() causes a lot of
            virtual, but not physical (resident) memory to be

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ void LocalStore::setSubstituterEnv()
 {
     if (didSetSubstituterEnv) return;
 
-    /* Pass configuration options (including those overriden with
+    /* Pass configuration options (including those overridden with
        --option) to substituters. */
     setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", settings.pack().c_str(), 1);
 

src/libstore/local-store.hh

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public:
 
     /* Register the validity of a path, i.e., that `path' exists, that
        the paths referenced by it exists, and in the case of an output
-       path of a derivation, that it has been produced by a succesful
+       path of a derivation, that it has been produced by a successful
        execution of the derivation (or something equivalent).  Also
        register the hash of the file system contents of the path.  The
        hash must be a SHA-256 hash. */

src/libutil/serialise.hh

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct BufferedSource : Source
     
     size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len);
     
-    /* Underlying read call, to be overriden. */
+    /* Underlying read call, to be overridden. */
     virtual size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
 
     bool hasData();

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -629,8 +629,8 @@ AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(int fd)
 
 AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(const AutoCloseFD & fd)
 {
-    /* Copying a AutoCloseFD isn't allowed (who should get to close
+    /* Copying an AutoCloseFD isn't allowed (who should get to close
-       it?).  But as a edge case, allow copying of closed
+       it?).  But as an edge case, allow copying of closed
        AutoCloseFDs.  This is necessary due to tiresome reasons
        involving copy constructor use on default object values in STL
        containers (like when you do `map[value]' where value isn't in

src/nix-env/nix-env.cc

@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ void printTable(Table & table)
 }
 
 
-/* This function compares the version of a element against the
+/* This function compares the version of an element against the
    versions in the given set of elements.  `cvLess' means that only
    lower versions are in the set, `cvEqual' means that at most an
    equal version is in the set, and `cvGreater' means that there is at

tests/lang/eval-okay-autoargs.nix

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let
 in
 
 { xyzzy2 ? xyzzy # mutually recursive args
-, xyzzy ? "blaat" # will be overriden by --argstr
+, xyzzy ? "blaat" # will be overridden by --argstr
 , fb ? foobar
 , lib # will be set by --arg
 }: