scripts: Fix typos in POD

9 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Arch.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Arch.pm
index 553054f7d..969d2e88e 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Arch.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Arch.pm
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ sub debarch_eq($$)
 
 =item $bool = debarch_is($arch, $arch_wildcard)
 
-Evaluate the identity of a Debian architecture, by matchings with an
+Evaluate the identity of a Debian architecture, by matching with an
 architecture wildcard.
 
 =cut
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/BuildOptions.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/BuildOptions.pm
index 92b0bb7c5..f1f5db5f7 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/BuildOptions.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/BuildOptions.pm
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ sub has {
 =item $string = $bo->output($fh)
 
 Return a string representation of the build options suitable to be
-assigned to an environment variable. Can optionnaly output that string to
+assigned to an environment variable. Can optionally output that string to
 the given filehandle.
 
 =cut
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm
index 3af6fa78a..85729a028 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ $from Dpkg::Control object to the $to Dpkg::Control object.
 Official fields are copied only if the field is allowed in both types of
 objects. Custom fields are treated in a specific manner. When the target
 is not among CTRL_PKG_SRC, CTRL_PKG_DEB or CTRL_FILE_CHANGES, then they
-are alway copied as is (the X- prefix is kept). Otherwise they are not
+are always copied as is (the X- prefix is kept). Otherwise they are not
 copied except if the target object matches the target destination encoded
 in the field name. The initial X denoting custom fields can be followed by
 one or more letters among "S" (Source: corresponds to CTRL_PKG_SRC), "B"
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Deps.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Deps.pm
index cdd2587c5..0238fd488 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Deps.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Deps.pm
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ Those methods are not meaningful for this object and always return undef.
 
 =item $union->simplify_deps($facts)
 
-The simplication is done to generate an union of all the relationships.
+The simplification is done to generate an union of all the relationships.
 It uses $simple_dep->merge_union($other_dep) to get its job done.
 
 =back
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Index.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Index.pm
index dacaeba89..6456209de 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Index.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Index.pm
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ sub sort {
 
 Get a string representation of the index. The Dpkg::Control objects are
 output in the order which they have been read or added except if the order
-hae been changed with sort().
+have been changed with sort().
 
 =item $index->output($fh)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Debian.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Debian.pm
index 8e9cee0f4..207486dc2 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Debian.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Debian.pm
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Dpkg::Vendor::Debian - Debian vendor object
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This vendor object customize the behaviour of dpkg scripts
-for Debian specific actions.
+This vendor object customizes the behaviour of dpkg scripts for Debian
+specific behavior and policies.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Default.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Default.pm
index 36850014a..e2d91bde6 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Default.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Default.pm
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ not be identified (see Dpkg::Vendor documentation).
 
 It provides some hooks that are called by various dpkg-* tools.
 If you need a new hook, please file a bug against dpkg-dev and explain
-your need. Note that the hook API has no guaranty to be stable over an
-extended period. If you run an important distribution that makes use
-of vendor hooks, you'd better submit them for integration so that
+your need. Note that the hook API has no guarantee to be stable over an
+extended period of time. If you run an important distribution that makes
+use of vendor hooks, you'd better submit them for integration so that
 we avoid breaking your code.
 
 =head1 METHODS
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Ubuntu.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Ubuntu.pm
index 100d7a0ff..bce5a84fb 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Ubuntu.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Ubuntu.pm
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Dpkg::Vendor::Ubuntu - Ubuntu vendor object
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This vendor object customize the behaviour of dpkg-source
-to check that Maintainers have been modified if necessary.
+This vendor object customizes the behaviour of dpkg scripts for Ubuntu
+specific behavior and policies.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm
index 879560fcc..637012d50 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ numbers. Returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they are equal and 1 if $a
 is later than $b.
 
 The "~" character always sort lower than anything else. Digits sort lower
-than non-digits. Among remaining characters alphabetic characters (A-Za-z)
+than non-digits. Among remaining characters alphabetic characters (A-Z, a-z)
 sort lower than the other ones. Within each range, the ASCII decimal value
 of the character is used to sort between characters.