Hi

I see another typo in the same page: https://www.sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html

=== BEGIN QUOTE ===
6.2 Failures of mmap() on QNX

There exists some subtle problem with mmap() on QNX such that
making a second mmap() call against *the a* single file descriptor
can cause the memory [...]
=== END QUOTE ===

I suppose that it's meant to be: [...] against *a* single file descriptor [...]

Regards
Dominique

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
> Fix checked in by Joe.  Thanks for reporting.
>
> On 7/20/16, Eubank, Tom <teub...@afcon.com> wrote:
>> I believe that there is a typographical error on the following page:
>>
>>     https://www.sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html
>>
>>     *7.4 Database pages leak from the free page list*
>>
>>     When content is deleted from an SQLite database, pages that are no
>>     longer used are added to a free list and are reused to hold content
>>     added *but* subsequent inserts.
>>
>> Change 'added *but* subsequent inserts.'
>>         to 'added *by* subsequent inserts.'
>>
>> Peace,
>> Tom Eubank
>>
>> ---
>> Explanation, only if needed:
>>  * It seems most likely that this paragraph intends to mean:
>>       "pages in the free list are reused ... by subsequent inserts."
>>  * The sentence as written seems awkward and incomplete.
>>  * If some other reading is intended, such reading is not obvious.
>>  * If 'but' is being used as a conjunction, then something else is
>>    missing from the conjunctive clause.
>>
>> This 'Explanation' was added after reading How to Report Bugs Effectively
>> <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>,
>> in case my suggested change is not obvious.
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