grammatical error in debian-faq

Bug #1654804 reported by Rachael
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Bug Description

The lines containing the text:
"The Debian binary package file names conform to the following convention: <foo>_<VersionNumber>-<DebianRevisionNumber>_<DebianArchitecture>.deb

Note that foo is supposed to be the package name. Checking the package name associated with a particular Debian archive file (.deb file) can be done in one of these ways:"

should read as:
"The Debian binary package file names conform to the following convention: <DebianPackageName>_<DebianVersionNumber>-<DebianRevisionNumber>_<DebianArchitecture>.deb

Checking the package name associated with a particular Debian archive file (.deb file) can be done in one of these ways:"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: debian-faq 8.0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Sat Jan 7 18:25:27 2017
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-20 (385 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: debian-faq
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-07 (153 days ago)

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Rachael (rlneumiller) wrote :
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Rachael (rlneumiller) wrote :

also:
The text:
"use the command dpkg --info foo_VVV-RRR_AAA.deb (where VVV, RRR and AAA are the version, revision and architecture of the package in question, respectively). This displays, among other things, the package name corresponding to the archive file being unpacked."

should read as:
"use the command dpkg --info PPP_VVV-RRR_AAA.deb (where PPP, VVV, RRR and AAA are the package name, version, revision and architecture of the package in question, respectively). This displays, among other things, the package name corresponding to the archive file being unpacked."

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