Fix typos in documentation (codespell)

35 files changed, 87 insertions, 87 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
index 60003c023..36bb48382 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void pkgAcquire::Item::Done(string Message,unsigned long long Size,string Hash,
 									/*}}}*/
 // Acquire::Item::Rename - Rename a file				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This helper function is used by alot of item methods as thier final
+/* This helper function is used by a lot of item methods as their final
    step */
 void pkgAcquire::Item::Rename(string From,string To)
 {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void pkgAcqSubIndex::Done(string Message,unsigned long long Size,string Md5Hash,
       return;
    }
 
-   // sucess in downloading the index
+   // success in downloading the index
    // rename the index
    if(Debug)
       std::clog << "Renaming: " << DestFile << " -> " << FinalFile << std::endl;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ bool pkgAcqSubIndex::ParseIndex(string const &IndexFile)		/*{{{*/
 									/*}}}*/
 // AcqDiffIndex::AcqDiffIndex - Constructor				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* Get the DiffIndex file first and see if there are patches availabe 
+/* Get the DiffIndex file first and see if there are patches available
  * If so, create a pkgAcqIndexDiffs fetcher that will get and apply the
  * patches. If anything goes wrong in that process, it will fall back to
  * the original packages file
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void pkgAcqDiffIndex::Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf)	/*{{{
 {
    if(Debug)
       std::clog << "pkgAcqDiffIndex failed: " << Desc.URI << std::endl
-		<< "Falling back to normal index file aquire" << std::endl;
+		<< "Falling back to normal index file acquire" << std::endl;
 
    new pkgAcqIndex(Owner, RealURI, Description, Desc.ShortDesc, 
 		   ExpectedHash);
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void pkgAcqDiffIndex::Done(string Message,unsigned long long Size,string Md5Hash
    string FinalFile;
    FinalFile = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists")+URItoFileName(RealURI);
 
-   // sucess in downloading the index
+   // success in downloading the index
    // rename the index
    FinalFile += string(".IndexDiff");
    if(Debug)
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void pkgAcqIndexDiffs::Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf)	/*{{
 {
    if(Debug)
       std::clog << "pkgAcqIndexDiffs failed: " << Desc.URI << std::endl
-		<< "Falling back to normal index file aquire" << std::endl;
+		<< "Falling back to normal index file acquire" << std::endl;
    new pkgAcqIndex(Owner, RealURI, Description,Desc.ShortDesc, 
 		   ExpectedHash);
    Finish();
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ void pkgAcqIndexDiffs::Done(string Message,unsigned long long Size,string Md5Has
    string FinalFile;
    FinalFile = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists")+URItoFileName(RealURI);
 
-   // sucess in downloading a diff, enter ApplyDiff state
+   // success in downloading a diff, enter ApplyDiff state
    if(State == StateFetchDiff)
    {
 
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ void pkgAcqIndexMergeDiffs::Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf)
 
    // first failure means we should fallback
    State = StateErrorDiff;
-   std::clog << "Falling back to normal index file aquire" << std::endl;
+   std::clog << "Falling back to normal index file acquire" << std::endl;
    new pkgAcqIndex(Owner, RealURI, Description,Desc.ShortDesc,
 		   ExpectedHash);
 }
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ pkgAcqMetaSig::pkgAcqMetaSig(pkgAcquire *Owner,				/*{{{*/
    if (RealFileExists(Final) == true)
    {
       // File was already in place.  It needs to be re-downloaded/verified
-      // because Release might have changed, we do give it a differnt
+      // because Release might have changed, we do give it a different
       // name than DestFile because otherwise the http method will
       // send If-Range requests and there are too many broken servers
       // out there that do not understand them
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ bool pkgAcqArchive::QueueNext()
 	    return true;
 	 }
 	 
-	 /* Hmm, we have a file and its size does not match, this shouldnt
+	 /* Hmm, we have a file and its size does not match, this shouldn't
 	    happen.. */
 	 unlink(FinalFile.c_str());
       }
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
index 44c3e4e17..de62080da 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::InFdReady()
 									/*}}}*/
 // Worker::MethodFailure - Called when the method fails			/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This is called when the method is belived to have failed, probably because
+/* This is called when the method is believed to have failed, probably because
    read returned -1. */
 bool pkgAcquire::Worker::MethodFailure()
 {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire.cc
index a8a5abd34..120e809e1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire.cc
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
    Acquire - File Acquiration
 
-   The core element for the schedual system is the concept of a named
+   The core element for the schedule system is the concept of a named
    queue. Each queue is unique and each queue has a name derived from the
-   URI. The degree of paralization can be controled by how the queue
+   URI. The degree of paralization can be controlled by how the queue
    name is derived from the URI.
    
    ##################################################################### */
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void pkgAcquire::Add(Worker *Work)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* A worker has died. This can not be done while the select loop is running
    as it would require that RunFds could handling a changing list state and
-   it cant.. */
+   it can't.. */
 void pkgAcquire::Remove(Worker *Work)
 {
    if (Running == true)
diff --git a/apt-pkg/algorithms.cc b/apt-pkg/algorithms.cc
index 8644a8138..0363ab3e2 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/algorithms.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/algorithms.cc
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ void pkgProblemResolver::MakeScores()
       /* This is arbitrary, it should be high enough to elevate an
          essantial package above most other packages but low enough
 	 to allow an obsolete essential packages to be removed by
-	 a conflicts on a powerfull normal package (ie libc6) */
+	 a conflicts on a powerful normal package (ie libc6) */
       if ((I->Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Essential) == pkgCache::Flag::Essential
 	  || (I->Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Important) == pkgCache::Flag::Important)
 	 Score += PrioEssentials;
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ void pkgProblemResolver::MakeScores()
 	 Score += PrioInstalledAndNotObsolete;
    }
 
-   // Now that we have the base scores we go and propogate dependencies
+   // Now that we have the base scores we go and propagate dependencies
    for (pkgCache::PkgIterator I = Cache.PkgBegin(); I.end() == false; ++I)
    {
       if (Cache[I].InstallVer == 0)
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void pkgProblemResolver::MakeScores()
       }      
    }
 
-   /* Now we propogate along provides. This makes the packages that 
+   /* Now we propagate along provides. This makes the packages that
       provide important packages extremely important */
    for (pkgCache::PkgIterator I = Cache.PkgBegin(); I.end() == false; ++I)
    {
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ bool pkgProblemResolver::Resolve(bool BrokenFix)
    adjusting the package will inflict. 
       
    It goes from highest score to lowest and corrects all of the breaks by 
-   keeping or removing the dependant packages. If that fails then it removes
+   keeping or removing the dependent packages. If that fails then it removes
    the package itself and goes on. The routine should be able to intelligently
    go from any broken state to a fixed state. 
  
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ bool pkgProblemResolver::ResolveInternal(bool const BrokenFix)
 
 	    /* Look across the version list. If there are no possible
 	       targets then we keep the package and bail. This is necessary
-	       if a package has a dep on another package that cant be found */
+	       if a package has a dep on another package that can't be found */
 	    SPtrArray<pkgCache::Version *> VList = Start.AllTargets();
 	    if (*VList == 0 && (Flags[I->ID] & Protected) != Protected &&
 		Start.IsNegative() == false &&
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ bool pkgProblemResolver::ResolveByKeepInternal()
          continue;
 
       /* Keep the package. If this works then great, otherwise we have
-       	 to be significantly more agressive and manipulate its dependencies */
+	 to be significantly more aggressive and manipulate its dependencies */
       if ((Flags[I->ID] & Protected) == 0)
       {
 	 if (Debug == true)
diff --git a/apt-pkg/algorithms.h b/apt-pkg/algorithms.h
index 5a9a77415..489d81159 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/algorithms.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/algorithms.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    see all of the effects of an upgrade run.
 
    pkgDistUpgrade computes an upgrade that causes as many packages as
-   possible to move to the newest verison.
+   possible to move to the newest version.
    
    pkgApplyStatus sets the target state based on the content of the status
    field in the status file. It is important to get proper crash recovery.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ using std::ostream;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef APT_9_CLEANER_HEADERS
-// include pkg{DistUpgrade,AllUpgrade,MiniizeUpgrade} here for compatiblity
+// include pkg{DistUpgrade,AllUpgrade,MiniizeUpgrade} here for compatibility
 #include <apt-pkg/upgrade.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/update.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc b/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc
index 1ebcf97bc..0b0b546c5 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 #include <vector>
 									/*}}}*/
 namespace APT {
-// getCompressionTypes - Return Vector of usbale compressiontypes	/*{{{*/
+// getCompressionTypes - Return Vector of usable compressiontypes	/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* return a vector of compression types in the prefered order. */
+/* return a vector of compression types in the preferred order. */
 std::vector<std::string>
 const Configuration::getCompressionTypes(bool const &Cached) {
 	static std::vector<std::string> types;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const Configuration::getCompressionTypes(bool const &Cached) {
 									/*}}}*/
 // GetLanguages - Return Vector of Language Codes			/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* return a vector of language codes in the prefered order.
+/* return a vector of language codes in the preferred order.
    the special word "environment" will be replaced with the long and the short
    code of the local settings and it will be insured that this will not add
    duplicates. So in an german local the setting "environment, de_DE, en, de"
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ bool const Configuration::checkLanguage(std::string Lang, bool const All) {
 	return (std::find(langs.begin(), langs.end(), Lang) != langs.end());
 }
 									/*}}}*/
-// getArchitectures - Return Vector of prefered Architectures		/*{{{*/
+// getArchitectures - Return Vector of preferred Architectures		/*{{{*/
 std::vector<std::string> const Configuration::getArchitectures(bool const &Cached) {
 	using std::string;
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.h b/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.h
index d22b675c0..bf7deae85 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.h
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ public:									/*{{{*/
 	 *  \param Cached saves the result so we need to calculated it only once
 	 *                this parameter should ony be used for testing purposes.
 	 *
-	 *  \return a vector of the compression types in the prefered usage order
+	 *  \return a vector of the compression types in the preferred usage order
 	 */
 	std::vector<std::string> static const getCompressionTypes(bool const &Cached = true);
 
 	/** \brief Returns a vector of Language Codes
 	 *
 	 *  Languages can be defined with their two or five chars long code.
-	 *  This methods handles the various ways to set the prefered codes,
+	 *  This methods handles the various ways to set the preferred codes,
 	 *  honors the environment and ensures that the codes are not listed twice.
 	 *
 	 *  The special word "environment" will be replaced with the long and the short
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:									/*{{{*/
 	 *  duplicates. So in an german local the setting "environment, de_DE, en, de"
 	 *  will result in "de_DE, de, en".
 	 *
-	 *  Another special word is "none" which separates the prefered from all codes
+	 *  Another special word is "none" which separates the preferred from all codes
 	 *  in this setting. So setting and method can be used to get codes the user want
 	 *  to see or to get all language codes APT (should) have Translations available.
 	 *
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:									/*{{{*/
 	 *  \param Locale don't get the locale from the system but use this one instead
 	 *                this parameter should ony be used for testing purposes.
 	 *
-	 *  \return a vector of (all) Language Codes in the prefered usage order
+	 *  \return a vector of (all) Language Codes in the preferred usage order
 	 */
 	std::vector<std::string> static const getLanguages(bool const &All = false,
 			bool const &Cached = true, char const ** const Locale = 0);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:									/*{{{*/
 	 *  \param Cached saves the result so we need to calculated it only once
 	 *                this parameter should ony be used for testing purposes.
 	 *
-	 *  \return a vector of Architectures in prefered order
+	 *  \return a vector of Architectures in preferred order
 	 */
 	std::vector<std::string> static const getArchitectures(bool const &Cached = true);
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
index 886d84838..ea6a4afba 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ template<typename Str, typename Itr> class pkgCache::Iterator :
 	 *  The implementation of this method should be pretty short
 	 *  as it will only return the Pointer into the mmap stored
 	 *  in the owner but the name of this pointer is different for
-	 *  each stucture and we want to abstract here at least for the
+	 *  each structure and we want to abstract here at least for the
 	 *  basic methods from the actual structure.
 	 *  \return Pointer to the first structure of this type
 	 */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class pkgCache::VerIterator : public Iterator<Version, VerIterator> {
 	/** \brief compares two version and returns if they are similar
 
 	    This method should be used to identify if two pseudo versions are
-	    refering to the same "real" version */
+	    referring to the same "real" version */
 	inline bool SimilarVer(const VerIterator &B) const {
 		return (B.end() == false && S->Hash == B->Hash && strcmp(VerStr(), B.VerStr()) == 0);
 	};
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class pkgCache::DescFileIterator : public Iterator<DescFile, DescFileIterator> {
 	inline DescFileIterator(pkgCache &Owner,DescFile *Trg) : Iterator<DescFile, DescFileIterator>(Owner, Trg) {};
 };
 									/*}}}*/
-// Inlined Begin functions cant be in the class because of order problems /*{{{*/
+// Inlined Begin functions can't be in the class because of order problems /*{{{*/
 inline pkgCache::PkgIterator pkgCache::GrpIterator::PackageList() const
        {return PkgIterator(*Owner,Owner->PkgP + S->FirstPackage);};
 inline pkgCache::VerIterator pkgCache::PkgIterator::VersionList() const
diff --git a/apt-pkg/cdrom.h b/apt-pkg/cdrom.h
index db637b96d..c58593550 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cdrom.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/cdrom.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct CdromDevice							/*{{{*/
 class pkgUdevCdromDevices						/*{{{*/
 {
  protected:
-   // libudev dlopen stucture
+   // libudev dlopen structure
    void *libudev_handle;
    struct udev* (*udev_new)(void);
    int (*udev_enumerate_add_match_property)(struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate, const char *property, const char *value);
diff --git a/apt-pkg/clean.cc b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
index eae419e34..2dea8ffdd 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/clean.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bool pkgArchiveCleaner::Go(std::string Dir,pkgCache &Cache)
 	       break;
 	    }
 	    
-	    // See if this verison matches the file
+	    // See if this version matches the file
 	    if (IsFetchable == true && Ver == V.VerStr())
 	       break;
 	 }
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
index afa01a562..20210ec0a 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ bool IsMounted(string &Path)
    if (Path[Path.length() - 1] != '/')
       Path += '/';
    
-   /* First we check if the path is actualy mounted, we do this by
-      stating the path and the previous directory (carefull of links!)
+   /* First we check if the path is actually mounted, we do this by
+      stating the path and the previous directory (careful of links!)
       and comparing their device fields. */
    struct stat Buf,Buf2;
    if (stat(Path.c_str(),&Buf) != 0 || 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
index 2086d91ca..ed5800007 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ bool CommandLine::HandleOpt(int &I,int argc,const char *argv[],
    // Look for an argument.
    while (1)
    {
-      // Look at preceeding text
+      // Look at preceding text
       char Buffer[300];
       if (Argument == 0)
       {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/crc-16.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/crc-16.cc
index 4058821f9..f5df2d8b1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/crc-16.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/crc-16.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    Al Longyear <longyear@netcom.com>
    
    Modified by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> to fit the local coding
-   style, this code is belived to be in the Public Domain.
+   style, this code is believed to be in the Public Domain.
    
    ##################################################################### */
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/error.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/error.h
index 7d09b2d4a..bcee70b1a 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/error.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/error.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public:									/*{{{*/
 	/** \brief is the list empty?
 	 *
 	 *  The default checks if the list is empty or contains only notices,
-	 *  if you want to check if also no notices happend set the parameter
+	 *  if you want to check if also no notices happened set the parameter
 	 *  flag to \b false.
 	 *
 	 *  \param WithoutNotice does notices count, default is \b true, so no
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 536284064..52411a762 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int GetLock(string File,bool Errors)
    int FD = open(File.c_str(),O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_NOFOLLOW,0640);
    if (FD < 0)
    {
-      // Read only .. cant have locking problems there.
+      // Read only .. can't have locking problems there.
       if (errno == EROFS)
       {
 	 _error->Warning(_("Not using locking for read only lock file %s"),File.c_str());
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int GetLock(string File,bool Errors)
    }
    SetCloseExec(FD,true);
       
-   // Aquire a write lock
+   // Acquire a write lock
    struct flock fl;
    fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
    fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ FileFd::~FileFd()
 									/*}}}*/
 // FileFd::Read - Read a bit of the file				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* We are carefull to handle interruption by a signal while reading 
+/* We are careful to handle interruption by a signal while reading
    gracefully. */
 bool FileFd::Read(void *To,unsigned long long Size,unsigned long long *Actual)
 {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.h
index 45f069058..1d79a52ac 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * for reading. Use #OpenMaybeClearSignedFile to access the message
  * instead to ensure you are only reading signed data.
  *
- * The method does not return, but has some noteable exit-codes:
+ * The method does not return, but has some notable exit-codes:
  * 111 signals an internal error like the inability to execute gpgv,
  * 112 indicates a clear-signed file which doesn't include a message,
  *  which can happen if APT is run while on a network requiring
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
index 62e7b65db..e53d01b8f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define _boundv(a,b,c) b = _bound(a,b,c)
 #define ABS(a) (((a) < (0)) ?-(a) : (a))
 
-/* Usefull count macro, use on an array of things and it will return the
+/* Useful count macro, use on an array of things and it will return the
    number of items in the array */
 #define _count(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h
index 25631b166..195455645 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    store a MD5Sum in 16 bytes of memory.
    
    A MD5Sum is used to generate a (hopefully) unique 16 byte number for a
-   block of data. This can be used to gaurd against corruption of a file.
+   block of data. This can be used to guard against corruption of a file.
    MD5 should not be used for tamper protection, use SHA or something more
    secure.
    
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.h
index 6bd4a2d86..c1dfedf6d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    MMap Class - Provides 'real' mmap or a faked mmap using read().
 
    The purpose of this code is to provide a generic way for clients to
-   access the mmap function. In enviroments that do not support mmap
+   access the mmap function. In environments that do not support mmap
    from file fd's this function will use read and normal allocated 
    memory.
    
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
    The DynamicMMap class is used to help the on-disk data structure 
    generators. It provides a large allocated workspace and members
-   to allocate space from the workspace in an effecient fashion.
+   to allocate space from the workspace in an efficient fashion.
    
    This source is placed in the Public Domain, do with it what you will
    It was originally written by Jason Gunthorpe.
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/progress.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/progress.h
index 3a6943aee..f7fbc9ccf 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/progress.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/progress.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    
    This class allows lengthy operations to communicate their progress 
    to the GUI. The progress model is simple and is not designed to handle
-   the complex case of the multi-activity aquire class.
+   the complex case of the multi-activity acquire class.
    
    The model is based on the concept of an overall operation consisting
    of a series of small sub operations. Each sub operation has it's own
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc
index f84fb761c..bb2560252 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  * Please make sure that your system defines BYTE_ORDER.  If your
  * architecture is little-endian, make sure it also defines
  * LITTLE_ENDIAN and that the two (BYTE_ORDER and LITTLE_ENDIAN) are
- * equivilent.
+ * equivalent.
  *
  * If your system does not define the above, then you can do so by
  * hand like this:
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 962112854..d4f53ea3a 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec)
 									/*}}}*/
 // SubstVar - Substitute a string for another string			/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This replaces all occurances of Subst with Contents in Str. */
+/* This replaces all occurrences of Subst with Contents in Str. */
 string SubstVar(const string &Str,const string &Subst,const string &Contents)
 {
    string::size_type Pos = 0;
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ bool FTPMDTMStrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time)
 									/*}}}*/
 // StrToTime - Converts a string into a time_t				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This handles all 3 populare time formats including RFC 1123, RFC 1036
+/* This handles all 3 popular time formats including RFC 1123, RFC 1036
    and the C library asctime format. It requires the GNU library function
    'timegm' to convert a struct tm in UTC to a time_t. For some bizzar
    reason the C library does not provide any such function :< This also
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ string StripEpoch(const string &VerStr)
 // tolower_ascii - tolower() function that ignores the locale		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This little function is the most called method we have and tries
-   therefore to do the absolut minimum - and is noteable faster than
+   therefore to do the absolut minimum - and is notable faster than
    standard tolower/toupper and as a bonus avoids problems with different
    locales - we only operate on ascii chars anyway. */
 int tolower_ascii(int const c)
@@ -1324,9 +1324,9 @@ int tolower_ascii(int const c)
 }
 									/*}}}*/
 
-// CheckDomainList - See if Host is in a , seperate list		/*{{{*/
+// CheckDomainList - See if Host is in a , separate list		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* The domain list is a comma seperate list of domains that are suffix
+/* The domain list is a comma separate list of domains that are suffix
    matched against the argument */
 bool CheckDomainList(const string &Host,const string &List)
 {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
index 68d544e1f..acdcc4554 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ bool debListParser::GrabWord(string Word,WordList *List,unsigned char &Out)
 									/*}}}*/
 // ListParser::Step - Move to the next section in the file		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This has to be carefull to only process the correct architecture */
+/* This has to be careful to only process the correct architecture */
 bool debListParser::Step()
 {
    iOffset = Tags.Offset();
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
index 7ed6936c3..b95ff15df 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bool debSystem::Initialize(Configuration &Cnf)
 									/*}}}*/
 // System::ArchiveSupported - Is a file format supported		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* The standard name for a deb is 'deb'.. There are no seperate versions
+/* The standard name for a deb is 'deb'.. There are no separate versions
    of .deb to worry about.. */
 bool debSystem::ArchiveSupported(const char *Type)
 {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
index 140561262..74e2552ff 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int debVersioningSystem::CmpFragment(const char *A,const char *AEnd,
       return 1;
    }
 
-   // Shouldnt happen
+   // Shouldn't happen
    return 1;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ bool debVersioningSystem::CheckDep(const char *PkgVer,
    if (PkgVer == DepVer)
       return Op == pkgCache::Dep::Equals || Op == pkgCache::Dep::LessEq || Op == pkgCache::Dep::GreaterEq;
 
-   // Perform the actual comparision.
+   // Perform the actual comparison.
    int const Res = CmpVersion(PkgVer, DepVer);
    switch (Op)
    {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index c39e8c628..a12e6963d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ bool pkgDepCache::MarkKeep(PkgIterator const &Pkg, bool Soft, bool FromUser,
       // - this makes sense as default when all Garbage dependencies
       //   are automatically marked for removal (as aptitude does).
       //   setting a package for keep then makes it no longer autoinstalled
-      //   for all other use-case this action is rather suprising
+      //   for all other use-case this action is rather surprising
    if(FromUser && !P.Marked)
      P.Flags &= ~Flag::Auto;
 #endif
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ bool pkgDepCache::MarkInstall(PkgIterator const &Pkg,bool AutoInst,
 	 }
       }
 
-      /* This bit is for processing the possibilty of an install/upgrade
+      /* This bit is for processing the possibility of an install/upgrade
          fixing the problem for "positive" dependencies */
       if (Start.IsNegative() == false && (DepState[Start->ID] & DepCVer) == DepCVer)
       {
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ bool pkgDepCache::IsInstallOkMultiArchSameVersionSynced(PkgIterator const &Pkg,
       // (simple string-compare as stuff like '1' == '0:1-0' can't happen here)
       if (P->CurrentVer == 0 || strcmp(Pkg.CandVersion(), P.CandVersion()) == 0)
 	 continue;
-      // packages loosing M-A:same can be out-of-sync
+      // packages losing M-A:same can be out-of-sync
       VerIterator CV = PkgState[P->ID].CandidateVerIter(*this);
       if (unlikely(CV.end() == true) ||
 	    (CV->MultiArch & pkgCache::Version::Same) != pkgCache::Version::Same)
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.h b/apt-pkg/depcache.h
index 61c9aa559..f6848f383 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    
    This structure is important to support the readonly status of the cache 
    file. When the data is saved the cache will be refereshed from our 
-   internal rep and written to disk. Then the actual persistant data 
+   internal rep and written to disk. Then the actual persistent data
    files will be put on the disk.
 
    Each dependency is compared against 3 target versions to produce to
diff --git a/apt-pkg/edsp.h b/apt-pkg/edsp.h
index 12b06d143..fd4436f60 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/edsp.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/edsp.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /** Description \file edsp.h						{{{
    ######################################################################
    Set of methods to help writing and reading everything needed for EDSP
-   with the noteable exception of reading a scenario for conversion into
+   with the notable exception of reading a scenario for conversion into
    a Cache as this is handled by edsp interface for listparser and friends
    ##################################################################### */
 									/*}}}*/
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ public:
 	 *  they were unable to calculate a solution for a given task.
 	 *  Obviously they can't send a solution through, so this
 	 *  methods deals with formatting an error message correctly
-	 *  so that the front-ends can recieve and display it.
+	 *  so that the front-ends can receive and display it.
 	 *
 	 *  The first line of the message should be a short description
 	 *  of the error so it can be used for dialog titles or alike
 	 *
 	 *  \param uuid of this error message
-	 *  \param message is free form text to discribe the error
+	 *  \param message is free form text to describe the error
 	 *  \param output the front-end listens for error messages
 	 */
 	bool static WriteError(char const * const uuid, std::string const &message, FILE* output);
diff --git a/apt-pkg/indexfile.h b/apt-pkg/indexfile.h
index 2d433b60a..a0096fa34 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/indexfile.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/indexfile.h
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
    
    Binary index files 
    Binary translation files 
-   Bianry index files decribing the local system
+   Binary index files describing the local system
    Source index files
    
    They are all bundled together here, and the interfaces for 
    sources.list, acquire, cache gen and record parsing all use this class
-   to acess the underlying representation.
+   to access the underlying representation.
    
    ##################################################################### */
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/orderlist.cc b/apt-pkg/orderlist.cc
index 984ae1d10..21b5fc4e7 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/orderlist.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/orderlist.cc
@@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ bool pkgOrderList::VisitProvides(DepIterator D,bool Critical)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This is the core ordering routine. It calls the set dependency
    consideration functions which then potentialy call this again. Finite
-   depth is achived through the colouring mechinism. */
+   depth is achieved through the colouring mechinism. */
 bool pkgOrderList::VisitNode(PkgIterator Pkg, char const* from)
 {
-   // Looping or irrelevent.
+   // Looping or irrelevant.
    // This should probably trancend not installed packages
    if (Pkg.end() == true || IsFlag(Pkg,Added) == true || 
        IsFlag(Pkg,AddPending) == true || IsFlag(Pkg,InList) == false)
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ bool pkgOrderList::DepUnPackPre(DepIterator D)
    The forwards depends loop is designed to bring the packages dependents
    close to the package. This helps reduce deconfigure time. 
    
-   Loops are irrelevent to this. */
+   Loops are irrelevant to this. */
 bool pkgOrderList::DepUnPackDep(DepIterator D)
 {
    
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ bool pkgOrderList::DepUnPackDep(DepIterator D)
 		D.ParentPkg().CurrentVer() != D.ParentVer())
 	       continue;
 
-	    // The dep will not break so it is irrelevent.
+	    // The dep will not break so it is irrelevant.
 	    if (CheckDep(D) == true)
 	       continue;
 	    
diff --git a/apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc b/apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc
index 3fdd9b637..5f9a31264 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::CreateOrderList()
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
-// PM::DepAlwaysTrue - Returns true if this dep is irrelevent		/*{{{*/
+// PM::DepAlwaysTrue - Returns true if this dep is irrelevant		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* The restriction on provides is to eliminate the case when provides
    are transitioning between valid states [ie exim to smail] */
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::CheckRConflicts(PkgIterator Pkg,DepIterator D,
 	  D->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Obsoletes)
 	 continue;
 
-      // The package hasnt been changed
+      // The package hasn't been changed
       if (List->IsNow(Pkg) == false)
 	 continue;
       
-      // Ignore self conflicts, ignore conflicts from irrelevent versions
+      // Ignore self conflicts, ignore conflicts from irrelevant versions
       if (D.IsIgnorable(Pkg) || D.ParentVer() != D.ParentPkg().CurrentVer())
 	 continue;
       
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::ConfigureAll()
    
    Note on failure: This method can fail, without causing any problems. 
    This can happen when using Immediate-Configure-All, SmartUnPack may call
-   SmartConfigure, it may fail because of a complex dependancy situation, but
+   SmartConfigure, it may fail because of a complex dependency situation, but
    a error will only be reported if ConfigureAll fails. This is why some of the
    messages this function reports on failure (return false;) as just warnings
    only shown when debuging*/
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::SmartRemove(PkgIterator Pkg)
 									/*}}}*/
 // PM::SmartUnPack - Install helper					/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This puts the system in a state where it can Unpack Pkg, if Pkg is allready
+/* This puts the system in a state where it can Unpack Pkg, if Pkg is already
    unpacked, or when it has been unpacked, if Immediate==true it configures it. */
 bool pkgPackageManager::SmartUnPack(PkgIterator Pkg)
 {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::SmartUnPack(PkgIterator Pkg, bool const Immediate, int c
    /* PreUnpack Checks: This loop checks and attempts to rectify and problems that would prevent the package being unpacked.
       It addresses: PreDepends, Conflicts, Obsoletes and Breaks (DpkgBreaks). Any resolutions that do not require it should
       avoid configuration (calling SmartUnpack with Immediate=true), this is because when unpacking some packages with
-      complex dependancy structures, trying to configure some packages while breaking the loops can complicate things .
+      complex dependency structures, trying to configure some packages while breaking the loops can complicate things .
       This will be either dealt with if the package is configured as a dependency of Pkg (if and when Pkg is configured),
       or by the ConfigureAll call at the end of the for loop in OrderInstall. */
    bool Changed = false;
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ bool pkgPackageManager::SmartUnPack(PkgIterator Pkg, bool const Immediate, int c
 	       {
 		  if (List->IsFlag(BrokenPkg,pkgOrderList::Loop) && PkgLoop)
 		  {
-		     // This dependancy has already been dealt with by another SmartUnPack on Pkg
+		     // This dependency has already been dealt with by another SmartUnPack on Pkg
 		     break;
 		  }
 		  else
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ pkgPackageManager::OrderResult pkgPackageManager::OrderInstall()
       DoneSomething = true;
       
       if (ImmConfigureAll) {
-         /* ConfigureAll here to pick up and packages left unconfigured becuase they were unpacked in the 
+         /* ConfigureAll here to pick up and packages left unconfigured because they were unpacked in the
             "PreUnpack Checks" section */
          if (!ConfigureAll())
             return Failed; 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc b/apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc
index 52e814c0b..67a2a709d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    Please see doc/apt-pkg/cache.sgml for a more detailed description of 
    this format. Also be sure to keep that file up-to-date!!
    
-   This is the general utility functions for cache managment. They provide
+   This is the general utility functions for cache management. They provide
    a complete set of accessor functions for the cache. The cacheiterators
    header contains the STL-like iterators that can be used to easially
    navigate the cache as well as seemlessly dereference the mmap'd 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ pkgCache::PkgIterator::CurVersion() const
 // ostream operator to handle string representation of a package	/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* Output name < cur.rent.version -> candid.ate.version | new.est.version > (section)
-   Note that the characters <|>() are all literal above. Versions will be ommited
+   Note that the characters <|>() are all literal above. Versions will be omitted
    if they provide no new information (e.g. there is no newer version than candidate)
    If no version and/or section can be found "none" is used. */
 std::ostream& 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcache.h b/apt-pkg/pkgcache.h
index 1a7013551..c31c5f30b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcache.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcache.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ struct pkgCache::Group
     the hash index of the name in the pkgCache::Header::PkgHashTable
 
     A package can be created for every architecture so package names are
-    not unique, but it is garanteed that packages with the same name
+    not unique, but it is guaranteed that packages with the same name
     are sequencel ordered in the list. Packages with the same name can be
     accessed with the Group.
 */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgsystem.h b/apt-pkg/pkgsystem.h
index 75f7b9fcc..eb75df412 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgsystem.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgsystem.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    
    Instances of this class can be thought of as factories or meta-classes
    for a variety of more specialized classes. Together this class and 
-   it's speciallized offspring completely define the environment and how
+   it's specialized offspring completely define the environment and how
    to access resources for a specific system. There are several sub
    areas that are all orthogonal - each system has a unique combination of
    these sub areas:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
        - Selection of local 'status' indexes that make up the pkgCache.
       
    It is important to note that the handling of index files is not a 
-   function of the system. Index files are handled through a seperate 
+   function of the system. Index files are handled through a separate
    abstraction - the only requirement is that the index files have the
    same idea of versioning as the target system.
    
diff --git a/apt-pkg/upgrade.cc b/apt-pkg/upgrade.cc
index f06f6d40d..d6f6933dd 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/upgrade.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/upgrade.cc
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ bool pkgMinimizeUpgrade(pkgDepCache &Cache)
 	    Cache.MarkInstall(I, false, 0, false);
 	 else
 	 {
-	    // If keep didnt actually do anything then there was no change..
+	    // If keep didn't actually do anything then there was no change..
 	    if (Cache[I].Upgrade() == false)
 	       Change = true;
 	 }