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diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index f5baf1a612..8cee8f850b 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gawk"))))) (inputs `(("gawk" ,gawk))) (synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package") - (description "Yeah...") + (description + "GNU Hello prints the message \"Hello, world!\" and then exits. It +serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices. As such, it supports +command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/") (license gpl3+))) @@ -81,9 +84,12 @@ (build-system gnu-build-system) (synopsis "Print lines matching a pattern") (description - "The grep command searches one or more input files for lines containing a -match to a specified pattern. By default, grep prints the matching -lines.") + "grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by +matching a pattern provided by the user in one or many files. The pattern +may be provided as a basic, extended, or Perl-style regular expression, as +well as a list of fixed strings. By default, the matching text is simply +printed to the screen, however the output can be greatly customized to +include, for example, line numbers.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/"))) @@ -114,11 +120,10 @@ lines.") (string-append bash "/bin/bash"))))) %standard-phases)))) (description - "Sed (stream editor) isn't really a true text editor or text processor. -Instead, it is used to filter text, i.e., it takes text input and performs -some operation (or set of operations) on it and outputs the modified text. -Sed is typically used for extracting part of a file using pattern matching or -substituting multiple occurrences of a string within a file.") + "Sed is a non-interactive, text stream editor. It receives a text +input from a file or from standard input and it then applies a series of text +editing commands to the stream and prints its output to standard output. It +is often used for substituting text patterns in a stream.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/"))) @@ -139,16 +144,11 @@ substituting multiple occurrences of a string within a file.") `(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/gets")))) (synopsis "Managing tar archives") (description - "The Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as -various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on -previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or -to update or list files which were already stored. - -Initially, tar archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic -tape. The name \"Tar\" comes from this use; it stands for tape archiver. -Despite the utility's name, Tar can direct its output to available devices, -files, or other programs (using pipes), it can even access remote devices or -files (as archives).") + "Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as the +ability to extract, update or list files in an existing archive. It is +useful for combining many files into one larger file, while maintaining +directory structure and file information such as permissions and +creation/modification dates.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"))) @@ -172,9 +172,11 @@ files (as archives).") ) (synopsis "Apply differences to originals, with optional backups") (description - "GNU Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by -the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, -producing patched versions.") + "Patch is a program that applies changes to files based on differences +laid out by the program \"diff\". The changes may be applied to one or more +files depending on the contents of the diff file. It accepts several +different diff formats. It may also be used to revert previously applied +differences.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"))) @@ -192,31 +194,11 @@ producing patched versions.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (synopsis "Comparing and merging files") (description - "GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding -differences between files. - -Computer users often find occasion to ask how two files differ. Perhaps one -file is a newer version of the other file. Or maybe the two files started out -as identical copies but were changed by different people. - -You can use the diff command to show differences between two files, or each -corresponding file in two directories. diff outputs differences between files -line by line in any of several formats, selectable by command line -options. This set of differences is often called a ‘diff’ or ‘patch’. For -files that are identical, diff normally produces no output; for -binary (non-text) files, diff normally reports only that they are different. - -You can use the cmp command to show the offsets and line numbers where two -files differ. cmp can also show all the characters that differ between the -two files, side by side. - -You can use the diff3 command to show differences among three files. When two -people have made independent changes to a common original, diff3 can report -the differences between the original and the two changed versions, and can -produce a merged file that contains both persons' changes together with -warnings about conflicts. - -You can use the sdiff command to merge two files interactively.") + "Diffutils is a package containing several tool for finding the +differences between files. The diff command is used to show how two files +differ, while cmp shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ. +diff3 allows you to compare three files. Finally, sdiff offers an +interactive means to merge two files.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/"))) @@ -245,18 +227,12 @@ You can use the sdiff command to merge two files interactively.") '()))) (synopsis "Operating on files matching given criteria") (description - "The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of -the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in conjunction -with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory search and file -locating capabilities to other commands. - -The tools supplied with this package are: - - * find - search for files in a directory hierarchy; - * locate - list files in databases that match a pattern; - * updatedb - update a file name database; - * xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input. -") + "Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of the +GNU system. It consists of two primary searching utilities: \"find\" +recursively searches for files in a directory according to given criteria and +\"locate\" lists files in a database that match a query. Two auxiliary tools +are included: \"updatedb\" updates a file name database and \"xargs\" may be used +to apply commands to file search results.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/"))) @@ -297,9 +273,10 @@ The tools supplied with this package are: %standard-phases))) (synopsis "Core GNU utilities (file, text, shell)") (description - "The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation -utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities which -are expected to exist on every operating system.") + "Coreutils includes all of the basic commandline tools that are +expected in a POSIX system. These provide the basic file, shell and text +manipulation functions of the GNU system. Most of these tools offer extended +functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/"))) @@ -332,13 +309,12 @@ are expected to exist on every operating system.") %standard-phases))) (synopsis "Remake files automatically") (description - "Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other -non-source files of a program from the program's source files. - -Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file called the -makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and how to compute it from -other files. When you write a program, you should write a makefile for it, so -that it is possible to use Make to build and install the program.") + "Make is a program that is used to control the production of +executables or other files from their source files. The process is +controlled from a Makefile, in which the developer specifies how each file is +generated from its source. It has powerful dependency resolution and the +ability to determine when files have to be regenerated after their sources +change.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/make/"))) @@ -378,9 +354,11 @@ that it is possible to use Make to build and install the program.") (synopsis "Binary utilities: bfd gas gprof ld") (description - "The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are -`ld' (the GNU linker) and `as' (the GNU assembler). They also include the -BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library, `gprof', `nm', `strip', etc.") + "GNU Binutils is a collection of tools for working with binary files. +Most notable are \"ld\", a linker, and \"as\", an assembler. Several other tools +are included, such as a program to display binary profiling information, a +tool to list the strings in a binary file, and tools for working with +archives.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"))) |