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[PATCH] ld: use "affects" instead of "effects"
- From: Benjamin Peterson <bp at benjamin dot pe>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 00:01:24 -0700
- Subject: [PATCH] ld: use "affects" instead of "effects"
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
"affect" is a verb. "effect" is a noun. We want the former here.
ld/Changelog:
* ld.texinfo: fix grammar; "effect" -> "affect"
---
ld/ld.texinfo | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 2626b5de20..653bfb83a4 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ specifically mentioned in a linker script. @xref{Orphan Sections}.
@item place
Orphan sections are placed into a suitable output section following
the strategy described in @ref{Orphan Sections}. The option
-@samp{--unique} also effects how sections are placed.
+@samp{--unique} also affects how sections are placed.
@item discard
All orphan sections are discarded, by placing them in the
--
2.11.0