I applied the attached patch to maint as abvious, merged into
master and branch-1.11, and pushed.

Regards,
   Stefano
From 2601fd8f5688a2e9cb4c723c1c42007d3c019fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:16:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix many typos in ChangeLog

---
 ChangeLog |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffbeb69..2cbce3b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 	Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
 	* tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
-	hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This checs worked by setting
+	hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This checks worked by setting
 	the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
 	not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
 	This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@
 
 2010-11-07  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
 
-	Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.
+	Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
 	* lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
 	"appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
 	later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
-	character, instead of trying to be uselesssly smarter by using
+	character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
 	escaped newlines.  This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
 	where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
 	* tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 	* tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
 	* tests/help.test: Likewise.  Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
 	instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
-	please maintainet-check.
+	please maintainer-check.
 	* tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 
 2010-10-03  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 	* tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
-	they are supersed by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
+	they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
 	* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 
 2010-09-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 	Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
 	* tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
 	that made the test useless.  Since we are at it, improve
-	comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slighty
+	comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
 	stricter.
 	Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
 	extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 	* tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
 	instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
 	* tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
-	white spaces.  Do not create usless dummy source file `foo.c'
+	white spaces.  Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
 	and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
 	(configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
 	* tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 	`$me' over hard-coded test name.
 	* tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
-	some grepping slighty stricter.
+	some grepping slightly stricter.
 	* tests/acloca14.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `diff' over
 	`cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
 
@@ -535,20 +535,20 @@
 	README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
 	* tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 	changes.  Extend existing checks a bit.
-	* tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obolescent constructs in
+	* tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
 	the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
 	generated tarball a bit.
 	* tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 	changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.  Also, do not create dummy
 	files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
 	automake in foreign mode anyway.
-	* tests/pr243.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+	* tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 	`configure.in'.  Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
 	changes.  Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
 	and add a "FIXME" comment.
 	* tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
 	`--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
-	* tests/pr279.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+	* tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 	`configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
 	./defs, rather than writing it from scratch.  Enable `errexit'
 	shell flag, and related changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
 	* tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
 	stricter.
 	* tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
-	* tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes, and re-enable a temporarly
+	* tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes.  Re-enable a temporarily
 	disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
 	are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
 	* tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
 	* tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
 	Add a trailing `:' command.
 	* tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
-	it's not in in the environment, rather tthan exporting it with an
+	it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
 	empty value.  Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
 	done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required.  Ensure verbose
 	printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking.  Add a
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 	and dollar characters in grep regexps.  Explicitly declare phony
 	targets as such in the created Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:'
 	command.
-	* tests/depcomp6.test: Consistenty use m4 quoting in the generated
+	* tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
 	configure.in.  Cosmetic fixes to spacing.  Make the "dummy" `if'
 	statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
 	explanatory comments to it.
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
 	* tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 	in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Fail the test if
 	`make distcheck' fails.  Ensure verbose printing of captured make
-	stdout.  Avoid uselsss fork by doing simple grep instead of using
+	stdout.  Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
 	test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
 	(configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
 	(Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
 	source file.
 	* tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
-	changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slighty stricter.
+	changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
 	* tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 	changes.  Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
 	might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
 	$FGREP rather than plain grep.
 	* tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
-	* tests/suffix9.test: Prefet cat + here-doc over echo to append to
+	* tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
 	the `configure.in' stub.  Cosmetic changes.
 	* tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
 
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
 	useless `if' statement is indeed required.
 
 	Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
-	* tests/obsolte.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
+	* tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
 	an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
 
 	Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
 	changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
 	* tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
 	`./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping
-	of Automake stderr slighty stricter.
+	of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
 	* tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
 	earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').	Also, make sure
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
 	in ./defs).  Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
 	output.  Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
 	* tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
-	make's output, and make its grepping slighty stricter.
+	make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
 	* tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 	changes.  Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
 	* tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
 	here-doc, not using echo.
 	* tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
 	`make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
-	instead of grep (this change makes some checks slighty stricter).
+	instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
 	* tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
 	changes.
 	* tests/pluseq.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless dummy
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@
 	* tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
-	* tests/pluseq9.test: Slighty extended w.r.t. the grepping of
+	* tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
 	Automake stderr.  Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
 
 	Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
 2010-06-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
 
 	Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
-	* bootstrap: Detemine what the PATH separator is the same way
+	* bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
 	autoconf does.
 
 	Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
 	$AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
 	* tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
 	Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
-	These changes make some checks slighty stricter.
+	These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
 	* tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
 	* tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
 	rather than in the middle.
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
 	* tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
 
 	Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
-	* tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeds unexpectedly.
+	* tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
 	Enable `errexit' shell flag.
 
 2010-06-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
@@ -1287,9 +1287,9 @@
 	* tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
 	* tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
-	comments and unecessary commands.
+	comments and unnecessary commands.
 	* tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
-	comments and unecessary commands.
+	comments and unnecessary commands.
 	* tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
 
 	Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@
 	Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
 	* tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Related and
 	unrelated minor changes.  Make the grepping of the generated
-	Makefile.in slighty stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
+	Makefile.in slightly stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
 	the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
 
 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de>
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