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From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [v2 1/1] gnu: util-linux: Make description more descriptive.
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2015 15:03:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7cf230f54042b3bf7609839043c4c5918b2daad3.1449518529.git.leo@famulari.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1449518529.git.leo@famulari.name>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1449518529.git.leo@famulari.name>

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (util-linux)[description]: Give some more
  information about the package.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 9252ca8..6ffd7e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -447,8 +447,9 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
        ("net-base" ,net-base)))                   ;for tests
     (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/")
     (synopsis "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
-    (description
-     "Util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
+    (description "Util-linux is a diverse collection of Linux kernel
+utilities.  It provides dmesg and includes tools for working with filesystems,
+block devices, UUIDs, TTYs, and many other tools.")
 
     ;; Note that util-linux doesn't use the same license for all the
     ;; code.  GPLv2+ is the default license for a code without an
-- 
2.6.2

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-07 20:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-07 20:03 [v2 0/1] Improve util-linux description Leo Famulari
2015-12-07 20:03 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2015-12-07 20:12 ` Andreas Enge

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