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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-10-09 16:14:23 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-10-09 16:14:23 +0200
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Synchronize package descriptions with the Womb.
* gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/aspell.scm, gnu/packages/autotools.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bash.scm, gnu/packages/bison.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm, gnu/packages/cflow.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/cpio.scm, gnu/packages/cppi.scm, gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm, gnu/packages/dejagnu.scm, gnu/packages/ed.scm, gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/fdisk.scm, gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm, gnu/packages/gawk.scm, gnu/packages/gcal.scm, gnu/packages/gcc.scm, gnu/packages/gdb.scm, gnu/packages/gdbm.scm, gnu/packages/gettext.scm, gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm, gnu/packages/global.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm, gnu/packages/gnutls.scm, gnu/packages/gperf.scm, gnu/packages/gprolog.scm, gnu/packages/groff.scm, gnu/packages/grub.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm, gnu/packages/gv.scm, gnu/packages/help2man.scm, gnu/packages/idutils.scm, gnu/packages/indent.scm, gnu/packages/less.scm, gnu/packages/libidn.scm, gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm, gnu/packages/libunistring.scm, gnu/packages/lightning.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/lsh.scm, gnu/packages/m4.scm, gnu/packages/mail.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm, gnu/packages/nano.scm, gnu/packages/ncurses.scm, gnu/packages/nettle.scm, gnu/packages/ocrad.scm, gnu/packages/oggvorbis.scm, gnu/packages/parted.scm, gnu/packages/plotutils.scm, gnu/packages/pth.scm, gnu/packages/readline.scm, gnu/packages/recutils.scm, gnu/packages/rush.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm, gnu/packages/screen.scm, gnu/packages/shishi.scm, gnu/packages/smalltalk.scm, gnu/packages/system.scm, gnu/packages/texinfo.scm, gnu/packages/time.scm, gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/wdiff.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm, gnu/packages/which.scm, gnu/packages/xnee.scm, gnu/packages/zile.scm: Change value of the 'description' field to that of the Womb.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/gsasl.scm')
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
index 8b5b2b59f6..11f856f3cd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@
))
(synopsis "Generic Security Service library")
(description
- "GNU GSS is an implementation of the Generic Security Service Application
-Program Interface (GSS-API). GSS-API is used by network servers to provide
-security services, e.g., to authenticate SMTP/IMAP clients against
-SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a library and a manual.")
+ "The GNU Generic Security Service provides a free implementation of the
+GSS-API specification. It provides a generic application programming
+interface for programs to access security services. Security services present
+a generic, GSS interface, with which the calling application interacts via
+this library, freeing the application developer from needing to know about
+the underlying security implementation.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/")))
@@ -91,25 +93,9 @@ SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a library and a manual.")
`(("gnutls" ,gnutls)))
(synopsis "Simple Authentication and Security Layer library")
(description
- "GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security
-Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network
-servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in
-clients to authenticate against servers.
-
-GNU SASL consists of a library (libgsasl), a command line utility (gsasl)
-to access the library from the shell, and a manual. The library includes
-support for the framework (with authentication functions and application
-data privacy and integrity functions) and at least partial support for the
-CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5,
-SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, LOGIN, and NTLM mechanisms.
-
-The library is portable because it does not do network communication by
-itself, but rather leaves it up to the calling application. The library is
-flexible with regards to the authorization infrastructure used, as it
-utilises callbacks into the application to decide whether an user is
-authorised or not.
-
-The gsasl package distribution includes the library part as well,
-so there is no need to install two packages.")
+ "GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and
+Security Layer framework. On network servers such as IMAP or SMTP servers,
+SASL is used to handle client/server authentication. This package contains
+both a library and a command-line tool to access the library.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/")))