spelling fixes

Closes #1356

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/m4/curl-override.m4 b/m4/curl-override.m4
index a35d3b2f1..b27cb6111 100644
--- a/m4/curl-override.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-override.m4
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dnl -------------------------------------------------
 dnl This is done to prevent compiler warning
 dnl 'function declaration isn't a prototype'
 dnl in function main. This requires at least
-dnl a c89 compiler and does not suport K&R.
+dnl a c89 compiler and does not support K&R.
 
 m4_define([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(C)],
 [$1
diff --git a/m4/xc-lt-iface.m4 b/m4/xc-lt-iface.m4
index 82aaafae6..ec903f575 100644
--- a/m4/xc-lt-iface.m4
+++ b/m4/xc-lt-iface.m4
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ esac
 # of non-PIC compiled objects will fail with following linker error
 # "relocation R_X86_64_32 can not be used when making a shared object"
 # is to build PIC objects even for static libraries. This behavior may
-# be overriden using 'configure --disable-shared --without-pic'.
+# be overridden using 'configure --disable-shared --without-pic'.
 #
 
 if test "x$xc_lt_want_with_pic" = 'xdefault'; then
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ dnl _XC_CHECK_LT_BUILD_LIBRARIES
 dnl -------------------------------------------------
 dnl Private macro.
 dnl
-dnl Checks wether libtool shared and static libraries
+dnl Checks whether libtool shared and static libraries
 dnl are finally built depending on user input, default
 dnl behavior and knowledge that libtool has about host
 dnl characteristics.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ dnl _XC_CHECK_LT_BUILD_WITH_PIC
 dnl -------------------------------------------------
 dnl Private macro.
 dnl
-dnl Checks wether libtool shared and static libraries
+dnl Checks whether libtool shared and static libraries
 dnl would be built with PIC depending on user input,
 dnl default behavior and knowledge that libtool has
 dnl about host characteristics.
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ dnl   xc_lt_build_static_with_pic
 m4_define([_XC_CHECK_LT_BUILD_WITH_PIC],
 [dnl
 #
-# Find out wether libtool libraries would be built wit PIC
+# Find out whether libtool libraries would be built wit PIC
 #
 
 case "x$pic_mode" in @%:@ ((((
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ dnl _XC_CHECK_LT_BUILD_SINGLE_VERSION
 dnl -------------------------------------------------
 dnl Private macro.
 dnl
-dnl Checks wether a libtool shared or static library
+dnl Checks whether a libtool shared or static library
 dnl is finally built exclusively without the other.
 dnl Results stored in following shell variables:
 dnl   xc_lt_build_shared_only
diff --git a/m4/zz50-xc-ovr.m4 b/m4/zz50-xc-ovr.m4
index 7e9ae592e..de0c84310 100644
--- a/m4/zz50-xc-ovr.m4
+++ b/m4/zz50-xc-ovr.m4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dnl file may override those provided in other files.
 dnl Override some language related macros
 dnl -------------------------------------------------
 dnl This is done to prevent Libtool 1.5.X from doing
-dnl unnecesary C++, Fortran and Java tests when only
+dnl unnecessary C++, Fortran and Java tests when only
 dnl using C language and reduce resulting configure
 dnl script by nearly 300 Kb.