Fix typos discovered by codespell (#634)

% `codespell --ignore-words-list="aas,aci,acter,atleast,contentss,firey,fo,sais,seh,statics"`
* https://pypi.org/project/codespell

Fix By: Christian Clauss (@cclauss)

CHANGES.0

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Version 1.7.0 (Nov 30, 2009)
   which are _not_ related with memory tracking. For the c-ares library when
   --enable-debug is given it does not enable the memory tracking feature. If
   you wish to enable the curl debug memory tracking you must use configure
-  option --enable-curldebug explicitily to do so.
+  option --enable-curldebug explicitly to do so.
 
   Internally, definition of preprocessor symbol DEBUGBUILD restricts code
   which is only compiled for debug enabled builds. And symbol CURLDEBUG is
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Version 1.6.0 (Dec 9, 2008)
   buffer to shrink instead of expand if a reply contained 8 or more records.
 
 * Nov 25 2008 (Yang Tse)
-- In preparation for the upcomming IPv6 nameservers patch, the internal
+- In preparation for the upcoming IPv6 nameservers patch, the internal
   ares_addr union is now changed into an internal struct which also holds
   the address family.
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Version 1.5.3 (Aug 29, 2008)
   elsewhere). The define was also somewhat artificially used in the windows
   port. Now, I instead rewrote the use of gethostbyname to enlarge the host
   name buffer in case of need and totally avoid the use of the MAXHOSTNAMELEN
-  define. I thus also removed the defien from the namser.h file where it was
+  define. I thus also removed the define from the namser.h file where it was
   once added for the windows build.
 
   I also fixed init_by_defaults() function to not leak memory in case if
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Version 1.5.0 (Nov 21, 2007)
 
   3. The third problem is that Valgrind assumes that query->qid is not
   initialised correctly. And it does that because query->qid is set from
-  DNS_HEADER_QID(qbuf); Valgrind says that qbuf has unitialised bytes. And
+  DNS_HEADER_QID(qbuf); Valgrind says that qbuf has uninitialised bytes. And
   qbuf has uninitialised bytes because of channel->next_id . And next_id is
   set by ares_init.c:ares__generate_new_id() . I found that putting short r=0
   in this function (instead of short r) makes all Valgrind warnings go away.
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ Version 1.5.0 (Nov 21, 2007)
 
         buffer_ptr[counter] ^= state[xorIndex];   (ares_query.c:62)
 
-  This is what triggers Valgrind.. buffer_ptr is unitialised in this function,
-  and by applying ^= on it, it remains unitialised.
+  This is what triggers Valgrind.. buffer_ptr is uninitialised in this function,
+  and by applying ^= on it, it remains uninitialised.
 
 Version 1.4.0 (June 8, 2007)
 
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ Version 1.2.1 (October 20, 2004)
   from a series of registry branches.
 
   This can be wrong in the case where DHCP has assigned nameservers, but the
-  user has overridden these servers with other prefered settings. Then it's
+  user has overridden these servers with other preferred settings. Then it's
   wrong to use the DHCPNAMESERVER setting in registry.
 
   In the case of no global DHCP-assigned or fixed servers, but DNS server(s)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 IF ((CARES_BUILD_TESTS OR CARES_BUILD_CONTAINER_TESTS) AND (NOT CARES_STATIC) AND WIN32)
 	SET (CARES_STATIC ON)
 	SET (CARES_STATIC_PIC ON)
-	MESSAGE (WARNING "Static building was requested be disabled, but reenabled to support tests")
+	MESSAGE (WARNING "Static building was requested be disabled, but re-enabled to support tests")
 ENDIF ()
 
 INCLUDE (EnableWarnings)

Makefile.netware

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ifeq ($(LIBARCH),LIBC)
 	CFLAGS += -align 4
 else
 	# PRELUDE = $(SDK_CLIB)/imports/clibpre.o
-	# to avoid the __init_* / __deinit_* whoes dont use prelude from NDK
+	# to avoid the __init_* / __deinit_* whose dont use prelude from NDK
 	PRELUDE = "$(MWCW_PATH)/libraries/runtime/prelude.obj"
 	# CFLAGS += -include "$(MWCW_PATH)/headers/nlm_clib_prefix.h"
 	CFLAGS += -align 1
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ifeq ($(LIBARCH),LIBC)
 	PRELUDE = $(SDK_LIBC)/imports/libcpre.gcc.o
 else
 	# PRELUDE = $(SDK_CLIB)/imports/clibpre.gcc.o
-	# to avoid the __init_* / __deinit_* whoes dont use prelude from NDK
+	# to avoid the __init_* / __deinit_* whose dont use prelude from NDK
 	# http://www.gknw.net/development/mk_nlm/gcc_pre.zip
 	PRELUDE = $(NDK_ROOT)/pre/prelude.o
 	CFLAGS += -include $(NDKBASE)/nlmconv/genlm.h

configure.ac

@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ AC_C_BIGENDIAN(
     [AC_DEFINE(ARES_BIG_ENDIAN, 1,
       [define this if ares is built for a big endian system])],
     ,
-    [AC_MSG_WARN([couldn't figure out endianess, assuming little endian!])]
+    [AC_MSG_WARN([couldn't figure out endianness, assuming little endian!])]
 )
 
 dnl Check for user-specified random device

docs/acountry.1

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The DNSBL countries.nerd.dk
 .br
 \fBhttp://countries.nerd.dk/\fR
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-This utility is based on code/ideas contained in sofware written by Greg Hudson (ares)
+This utility is based on code/ideas contained in software written by Greg Hudson (ares)
 carrying the following notice:
 .br
 Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

docs/adig.1

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
 .PP
 acountry(1), ahost(1).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-This utility is based on code/ideas contained in sofware written by Greg Hudson (ares)
+This utility is based on code/ideas contained in software written by Greg Hudson (ares)
 carrying the following notice:
 .br
 Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

docs/ahost.1

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
 .PP
 acountry(1), adig(1).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-This utility is based on code/ideas contained in sofware written by Greg Hudson (ares)
+This utility is based on code/ideas contained in software written by Greg Hudson (ares)
 carrying the following notice:
 .br
 Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

docs/ares_dns_record.3

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ this code signifies that the domain name referenced in the query does not exist.
 - Not implemented.  The name server does not support the requested kind of query
 .br
 .B ARES_RCODE_REFUSED
-- Refused. The name server refuses to perform the speciied operation for policy
+- Refused. The name server refuses to perform the specified operation for policy
 reasons.
 .br
 .B ARES_RCODE_YXDOMAIN

docs/ares_init_options.3

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The receive buffer size to set for the socket.
 .B ARES_OPT_EDNSPSZ
 .B int \fIednspsz\fP;
 .br
-The message size to be advertized in EDNS; only takes effect if the
+The message size to be advertised in EDNS; only takes effect if the
 .B ARES_FLAG_EDNS
 flag is set.  Defaults to 1280, the recommended size.
 .TP 18

docs/ares_library_init_android.3

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Deinitialization will take place though \fIares_library_cleanup(3)\fP.
 The \fBares_library_init_jvm\fP function allows the caller to register the JVM
 with c-ares.  It's meant to be called during JNI_OnLoad because you're
 guaranteed to have the JVM in that function. The JVM is required in order to
-use the Connectivty Manager registered using
+use the Connectivity Manager registered using
 \fIares_library_init_android(3)\fP. This must be call before
 \fIares_library_init_android(3)\fP.
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Calling the registered function from Java:
   }
 .fi
 Initializing the Connectivity Manager in JNI directly using an Android
-Context. It is assumed the JVM has aleady been registered through
+Context. It is assumed the JVM has already been registered through
 \fIJNI_OnLoad\fP.
 .nf
   void initialize(jobject android_context)

include/ares.h

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ CARES_EXTERN int
                          ares_set_servers_ports(ares_channel_t                   *channel,
                                                 const struct ares_addr_port_node *servers);
 
-/* Incomming string format: host[:port][,host[:port]]... */
+/* Incoming string format: host[:port][,host[:port]]... */
 CARES_EXTERN int         ares_set_servers_csv(ares_channel_t *channel,
                                               const char     *servers);
 CARES_EXTERN int         ares_set_servers_ports_csv(ares_channel_t *channel,

include/ares_dns_record.h

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ typedef enum {
                               *   not support the requested kind of
                               *   query */
   ARES_RCODE_REFUSED = 5,    /*!< Refused. The name server refuses to
-                              *   perform the speciied operation for
+                              *   perform the specified operation for
                               *   policy reasons. */
   ARES_RCODE_YXDOMAIN = 6,   /*!< RFC 2136. Some name that ought not to
                               *   exist, does exist. */

include/ares_nameser.h

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ typedef enum __ns_type {
   ns_t_cert     = 37,  /* Certification record */
   ns_t_a6       = 38,  /* IPv6 address (deprecates AAAA) */
   ns_t_dname    = 39,  /* Non-terminal DNAME (for IPv6) */
-  ns_t_sink     = 40,  /* Kitchen sink (experimentatl) */
+  ns_t_sink     = 40,  /* Kitchen sink (experimental) */
   ns_t_opt      = 41,  /* EDNS0 option (meta-RR) */
   ns_t_apl      = 42,  /* Address prefix list (RFC3123) */
   ns_t_ds       = 43,  /* Delegation Signer (RFC4034) */

maketgz

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ print "produce CHANGES\n";
 print "running make dist\n";
 `make dist VERSION=$version`;
 
-# remove temporay sourced man pages
+# remove temporary sourced man pages
 `make -s clean-sourced-manpages`;
 
 print "removing temporary configure.ac file\n";

src/lib/ares__buf.h

@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ ares_status_t  ares__buf_append_be32(ares__buf_t *buf, unsigned int u32);
  *  \param[in] buf  Initialized buffer object
  *  \param[in] num  Number to print
  *  \param[in] len  Length to output, use 0 for no padding
- *  \return ARES_SUCCESS on succeess
+ *  \return ARES_SUCCESS on success
  */
 ares_status_t  ares__buf_append_num_dec(ares__buf_t *buf, size_t num,
                                         size_t len);
 
-/*! Append a number in ASCII hexidecimal form.
+/*! Append a number in ASCII hexadecimal form.
  *
  *  \param[in] buf  Initialized buffer object
  *  \param[in] num  Number to print
  *  \param[in] len  Length to output, use 0 for no padding
- *  \return ARES_SUCCESS on succeess
+ *  \return ARES_SUCCESS on success
  */
 ares_status_t  ares__buf_append_num_hex(ares__buf_t *buf, size_t num,
                                         size_t len);

src/lib/ares__htable.c

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ ares_bool_t ares__htable_insert(ares__htable_t *htable, void *bucket)
     return ARES_FALSE;
   }
 
-  /* Track collisions for rehash stablility */
+  /* Track collisions for rehash stability */
   if (ares__llist_len(htable->buckets[idx]) > 1) {
     htable->num_collisions++;
   }

src/lib/ares__parse_into_addrinfo.c

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ done:
   ares__freeaddrinfo_nodes(nodes);
   ares_dns_record_destroy(dnsrec);
 
-  /* compatibiltiy */
+  /* compatibility */
   if (status == ARES_EBADNAME) {
     status = ARES_EBADRESP;
   }

src/lib/ares__slist.h

@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ void               *ares__slist_last_val(ares__slist_t *list);
 void               *ares__slist_node_claim(ares__slist_node_t *node);
 
 /*! The internals of the node have changed, thus its position in the sorted
- *  list is no longer valid.  This function will remove it and readd it to the
- *  proper position without needing to perform any memory allocations and
- *  thus cannot fail.
+ *  list is no longer valid.  This function will remove it and re-add it to
+ *  the proper position without needing to perform any memory allocations
+ *  and thus cannot fail.
  *
  *  \param[in] node  SkipList Node Object
  */

src/lib/ares_dns_name.c

@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ ares_status_t ares__dns_name_parse(ares__buf_t *buf, char **name,
       /* According to RFC 1035 4.1.4:
        *    In this scheme, an entire domain name or a list of labels at
        *    the end of a domain name is replaced with a pointer to a prior
-       *    occurance of the same name.
+       *    occurrence of the same name.
        * Note the word "prior", meaning it must go backwards.  This was
        * confirmed via the ISC BIND code that it also prevents forward
        * pointers.

src/lib/ares_dns_parse.c

@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static ares_status_t ares_dns_parse_header(ares__buf_t *buf, unsigned int flags,
   ares_dns_opcode_t opcode;
   unsigned short    rcode;
 
-  (void)flags; /* currently unsed */
+  (void)flags; /* currently unused */
 
   if (buf == NULL || dnsrec == NULL || qdcount == NULL || ancount == NULL ||
       nscount == NULL || arcount == NULL) {

src/lib/ares_getaddrinfo.c

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_GETSERVBYNAME_R
 #  if !defined(GETSERVBYNAME_R_ARGS) || (GETSERVBYNAME_R_ARGS < 4) || \
     (GETSERVBYNAME_R_ARGS > 6)
-#    error "you MUST specifiy a valid number of arguments for getservbyname_r"
+#    error "you MUST specify a valid number of arguments for getservbyname_r"
 #  endif
 #endif
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static unsigned short lookup_service(const char *service, int flags)
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* If the name looks like an IP address or an error occured,
+/* If the name looks like an IP address or an error occurred,
  * fake up a host entry, end the query immediately, and return true.
  * Otherwise return false.
  */

src/lib/ares_getnameinfo.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_GETSERVBYPORT_R
 #  if !defined(GETSERVBYPORT_R_ARGS) || (GETSERVBYPORT_R_ARGS < 4) || \
     (GETSERVBYPORT_R_ARGS > 6)
-#    error "you MUST specifiy a valid number of arguments for getservbyport_r"
+#    error "you MUST specify a valid number of arguments for getservbyport_r"
 #  endif
 #endif
 

src/lib/ares_math.c

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "ares.h"
 #include "ares_private.h"
 
-/* Uses public domain code snipets from
+/* Uses public domain code snippets from
  * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html */
 
 size_t ares__round_up_pow2(size_t n)

src/lib/ares_search.c

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ ares_status_t ares__cat_domain(const char *name, const char *domain, char **s)
   (*s)[nlen] = '.';
   if (strcmp(domain, ".") == 0) {
     /* Avoid appending the root domain to the separator, which would set *s to
-       an ill-formed value (ending in two consequtive dots). */
+       an ill-formed value (ending in two consecutive dots). */
     dlen = 0;
   }
   memcpy(*s + nlen + 1, domain, dlen);

src/lib/ares_strsplit.h

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 /* Split a string on delms skipping empty or duplicate elements.
  *
  * param in String to split.
- * param delms String of characters to treat as a delimitor.
- *             Each character in the string is a delimitor so
- *             there can be multiple delimitors to split on.
+ * param delms String of characters to treat as a delimiter.
+ *             Each character in the string is a delimiter so
+ *             there can be multiple delimiters to split on.
  *             E.g. ", " will split on all comma's and spaces.
  *             Duplicate entries are removed.
  * param num_elm Return parameter of the number of elements

src/lib/ares_sysconfig.c

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static ares_bool_t get_REG_SZ(HKEY hKey, const char *leafKeyName, char **outptr)
     return ARES_FALSE;
   }
 
-  /* Null terminate buffer allways */
+  /* Null terminate buffer always */
   *(*outptr + size) = '\0';
 
   return ARES_TRUE;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static ares_bool_t get_DNS_Windows(char **outptr)
     return ARES_FALSE;
   }
 
-  /* Usually this call suceeds with initial buffer size */
+  /* Usually this call succeeds with initial buffer size */
   res = GetAdaptersAddresses(AF_UNSPEC, AddrFlags, NULL, ipaa, &ReqBufsz);
   if ((res != ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW) && (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)) {
     goto done;

src/lib/ares_update_servers.c

@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ int ares_set_servers_ports(ares_channel_t                   *channel,
   return (int)status;
 }
 
-/* Incomming string format: host[:port][,host[:port]]... */
+/* Incoming string format: host[:port][,host[:port]]... */
 /* IPv6 addresses with ports require square brackets [fe80::1]:53 */
 static ares_status_t set_servers_csv(ares_channel_t *channel, const char *_csv,
                                      int use_port)

src/lib/inet_net_pton.c

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ const struct ares_in6_addr ares_in6addr_any = { { { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
  *      0b11110000 in its fourth octet.
  * note:
  *      On Windows we store the error in the thread errno, not
- *      in the winsock error code. This is to avoid loosing the
+ *      in the winsock error code. This is to avoid losing the
  *      actual last winsock error. So use macro ERRNO to fetch the
- *      errno this funtion sets when returning (-1), not SOCKERRNO.
+ *      errno this function sets when returning (-1), not SOCKERRNO.
  * author:
  *      Paul Vixie (ISC), June 1996
  */
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ static int ares_inet_net_pton_ipv6(const char *src, unsigned char *dst,
  *      not a valid network specification.
  * note:
  *      On Windows we store the error in the thread errno, not
- *      in the winsock error code. This is to avoid loosing the
+ *      in the winsock error code. This is to avoid losing the
  *      actual last winsock error. So use macro ERRNO to fetch the
- *      errno this funtion sets when returning (-1), not SOCKERRNO.
+ *      errno this function sets when returning (-1), not SOCKERRNO.
  * author:
  *      Paul Vixie (ISC), June 1996
  */

src/lib/inet_ntop.c

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const char *inet_ntop6(const unsigned char *src, char *dst, size_t size);
  *     pointer to presentation format address (`dst'), or NULL (see errno).
  * note:
  *     On Windows we store the error in the thread errno, not
- *     in the winsock error code. This is to avoid loosing the
+ *     in the winsock error code. This is to avoid losing the
  *     actual last winsock error. So use macro ERRNO to fetch the
  *     errno this function sets when returning NULL, not SOCKERRNO.
  * author:

test/ares-test-live.cc

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ VIRT_NONVIRT_TEST_F(DefaultChannelTest, LiveGetNameInfoV4NotFound) {
   memset(&sockaddr, 0, sizeof(sockaddr));
   sockaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sockaddr.sin_port = htons(4);  // Port 4 unassigned at IANA
-  // RFC5737 says 192.0.2.0 should not be used publically.
+  // RFC5737 says 192.0.2.0 should not be used publicly.
   sockaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(0xC0000200);
   ares_getnameinfo(channel_, (const struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, sizeof(sockaddr),
                    ARES_NI_LOOKUPHOST|ARES_NI_LOOKUPSERVICE|ARES_NI_UDP,
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ VIRT_NONVIRT_TEST_F(DefaultChannelTest, LiveGetNameInfoV4NotFoundFail) {
   memset(&sockaddr, 0, sizeof(sockaddr));
   sockaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sockaddr.sin_port = htons(53);
-  // RFC5737 says 192.0.2.0 should not be used publically.
+  // RFC5737 says 192.0.2.0 should not be used publicly.
   sockaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(0xC0000200);
   ares_getnameinfo(channel_, (const struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, sizeof(sockaddr),
                    ARES_NI_LOOKUPHOST|ARES_NI_LOOKUPSERVICE|ARES_NI_UDP|ARES_NI_NAMEREQD,