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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/autotools.scm b/gnu/packages/autotools.scm index 580e43eff3..ab0c7dcbdf 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/autotools.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/autotools.scm @@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ "http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/") (synopsis "Create source code configuration scripts") (description - "GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce -shell scripts to automatically configure software source code -packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of -UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf -creates a configuration script for a package from a template -file that lists the operating system features that the package -can use, in the form of M4 macro calls.") + "Autoconf offers the developer a robust set of M4 macros which expand +into shell code to test the features of Unix-like systems and to adapt +automatically their software package to these systems. The resulting shell +scripts are self-contained and portable, freeing the user from needing to +know anything about Autoconf or M4.") (license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+ (define-public autoconf-wrapper @@ -202,9 +200,10 @@ exec ~a --no-auto-compile \"$0\" \"$@\" (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/") (synopsis "Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles") (description - "GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating -`Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding -Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf.") + "Automake the part of the GNU build system for producing standards- +compliant Makefiles. Build requirements are entered in an intuitive format +and then Automake works with Autoconf to produce a robust Makefile, +simplifying the entire process for the developer.") (license gpl2+))) ; some files are under GPLv3+ (define-public libtool @@ -258,11 +257,8 @@ Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf.") ,(search-patch "libtool-skip-tests.patch")))) (synopsis "Generic shared library support tools") (description - "GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the -complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. - -To use libtool, add the new generic library building commands to your -Makefile, Makefile.in, or Makefile.am. See the documentation for -details.") + "Libtool is a script to help in the creation of shared libraries. By +presenting a consistent, portable interface, it hides the complexity of +building usable shared libraries.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/"))) |