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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/system.scm b/gnu/packages/system.scm index 6f710fd4d4..a5d2e67585 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/system.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/system.scm @@ -51,13 +51,11 @@ (inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config) ("guile" ,guile-2.0))) (synopsis "Daemon managing daemons") - (description "'DMD' is a \"Daemon managing Daemons\" (or -\"Daemons-managing Daemon\"?)---i.e. a service manager that provides a -replacement for the service-managing capabilities of SysV-init (or any other -init) with a both powerful and beautiful dependency-based system with a -convenient interface. It is intended for use on GNU/Hurd, but it is supposed -to work on every POSIX-like system where Guile is available. In particular, -it has been tested on GNU/Linux.") + (description + "DMD is a \"daemon-managing daemon,\" meaning it manages the execution of +system services, replacing similar functionality found in typical init +systems. It provides dependency-handling through a convenient interface and +is based on GNU Guile.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/dmd/"))) @@ -120,23 +118,10 @@ application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses.") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/pies/") (synopsis "Program invocation and execution supervisor") (description - "The name Pies (pronounced \"p-yes\") stands for Program Invocation -and Execution Supervisor. This utility starts and controls execution of -external programs, called components. Each component is a stand-alone -program, which is executed in the foreground. Upon startup, pies reads -the list of components from its configuration file, starts them, and -remains in the background, controlling their execution. If any of the -components terminates, the default action of Pies is to restart it. -However, it can also be programmed to perform a variety of another -actions such as, e.g., sending mail notifications to the system -administrator, invoking another external program, etc. - -Pies can be used for a wide variety of tasks. Its most obious use is to -put in backgound a program which normally cannot detach itself from the -controlling terminal, such as, e.g., minicom. It can launch and control -components of some complex system, such as Jabberd or MeTA1 (and it -offers much more control over them than the native utilities). Finally, -it can replace the inetd utility!") + "Pies is a program that supervises the invocation and executiton of +other programs. It reads the list of programs to be started from its +configuration file, executes them, and then monitors their status, +re-executing them as necessary.") (license gpl3+))) (define-public inetutils @@ -160,10 +145,8 @@ it can replace the inetd utility!") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/") (synopsis "Basic networking utilities") (description - "The GNU network utilities suite provides the following tools: -ftp(d), hostname, ifconfig, inetd, logger, ping, rcp, rexec(d), -rlogin(d), rsh(d), syslogd, talk(d), telnet(d), tftp(d), traceroute, -uucpd, and whois.") + "Inetutils is a collection of common network programs, such as an ftp +client and server, a telnet client and server, and an rsh client and server.") (license gpl3+))) (define-public shadow |