From: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
Cc: Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>, 38803@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#38803] [PATCH] gnu: elfutils: Update to 0.178
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:55:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200131165505.GN3319@wildebeest.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9ormxrb.fsf@devup.no>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 04:49:44PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:
>
> >> Also, for the description, please use full sentences. I.e. keep the
> >> 'This package provides a collection ...' and 'This includes ...' instead
> >> of 'A collection ...' and 'Includes ...'.
> >
> > OK. Done. See attached patch.
>
> Sorry for the nit-picks, but the description still starts
> 'mid-sentence', i.e. "A collection ..." instead of "elfutils is a
> collection ...".
>
> If you think it's better this way I'm fine with that, it's just that
> elfutils will "stand out" compared to its neighbours at
> e.g. <https://guix.gnu.org/packages/E/page/3/>. :-)
OK, OK. Lets see if I can at least get the patch that does only update
the descriptions correct. New version attached.
Cheers,
Mark
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From 6a9f7efd89f6617766640b3e2f7a232977bf98a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:54:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: elfutils: Update synopsis and description
* gnu/packages/elf.scm (elfutils): Update summaries.
[synopsis]: Updated.
[description]: Updated.
---
gnu/packages/elf.scm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/elf.scm b/gnu/packages/elf.scm
index 75caa54296..22d03fba84 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/elf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/elf.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@
(build-system gnu-build-system)
;; Separate programs because that's usually not what elfutils users want,
- ;; and because they duplicate what Binutils provides.
+ ;; and because they duplicate what Binutils proAvides (but are named
+ ;; differently, using the eu- prefix and can be installed in parallel).
(outputs '("out" ; libelf.so, elfutils/*.h, etc.
- "bin")) ; ld, nm, objdump, etc.
+ "bin")) ; eu-nm, eu-objdump, etc.
(arguments
;; Programs don't have libelf.so in their RUNPATH and libraries don't
@@ -84,11 +86,21 @@
(native-inputs `(("m4" ,m4)))
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(home-page "https://sourceware.org/elfutils/")
- (synopsis "Linker and ELF manipulation tools")
+ (synopsis "Collection of utilities and libraries to handle ELF files and
+DWARF data")
(description
- "This package provides command-line tools to manipulate binaries in the
-Executable and Linkable Format (@dfn{ELF}). This includes @command{ld},
-@command{ar}, @command{objdump}, @command{addr2line}, and more.")
+ "Elfutils is a collection of utilities and libraries to read, create and
+modify Executable and Linkable Format (@dfn{ELF}) binary files, find and
+handle Debugging With Arbitrary Record Formats (@dfn{DWARF}) debug data,
+symbols, thread state and stacktraces for processes and core files on
+GNU/Linux. Elfutils includes @file{libelf} for manipulating ELF files,
+@file{libdw} for inspecting DWARF data and process state and utilities like
+@command{eu-stack} (to show backtraces), @command{eu-nm} (for listing symbols
+from object files), @command{eu-size} (for listing the section sizes of an
+object or archive file), @command{eu-strip} (for discarding symbols),
+@command{eu-readelf} (to see the raw ELF file structures),
+@command{eu-elflint} (to check for well-formed ELF files),
+@command{eu-elfcompress} (to compress or decompress ELF sections), and more.")
;; Libraries are dual-licensed LGPLv3.0+ | GPLv2, and programs are GPLv3+.
(license lgpl3+)))
--
2.24.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-31 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-30 1:41 [bug#38803] [PATCH] gnu: elfutils: Update to 0.178 Mark Wielaard
2019-12-30 1:44 ` Brett Gilio
2019-12-30 2:04 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-01-12 20:39 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-01-12 20:54 ` Marius Bakke
2020-01-13 0:03 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-01-13 22:26 ` Marius Bakke
2020-01-31 12:43 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-01-31 15:49 ` Marius Bakke
2020-01-31 16:55 ` Mark Wielaard [this message]
2020-02-05 20:41 ` Marius Bakke
2020-02-06 11:04 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-02-06 11:36 ` Marius Bakke
2020-02-06 13:23 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-02-06 14:31 ` Marius Bakke
2023-09-02 18:39 ` Vagrant Cascadian
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