[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 4/4] build: Fix misuse of "dependant"

jprvita at gmail.com jprvita at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 10:51:25 PDT 2013


From: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita at openbossa.org>

Dependant in British English is a person who is financially supported by
someone else. To express software dependency relations "dependent"
should be used instead, which is correct for both British and US
English.
---
 configure.ac | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d8e40a..0ef0645 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ PA_MACHINE_ID_FALLBACK="${localstatedir}/lib/dbus/machine-id"
 AX_DEFINE_DIR(PA_MACHINE_ID_FALLBACK, PA_MACHINE_ID_FALLBACK,
 	      [Fallback machine-id file])
 
-#### BlueZ support (optional, dependant on D-Bus) ####
+#### BlueZ support (optional, dependent on D-Bus) ####
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([bluez],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-bluez],[Disable optional BlueZ support]))
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_UDEV)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_UDEV], [test "x$HAVE_UDEV" = x1])
 AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_UDEV" = "x1"], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_UDEV], 1, [Have UDEV.]))
 
-#### HAL compat support (optional, dependant on UDEV) ####
+#### HAL compat support (optional, dependent on UDEV) ####
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([hal-compat],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-hal-compat],[Disable optional HAL->udev transition compatibility support]))
-- 
1.7.11.7



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