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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/autotools.scm')
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/autotools.scm b/gnu/packages/autotools.scm
index 580e43eff3..ab0c7dcbdf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/autotools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/autotools.scm
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@
"http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/")
(synopsis "Create source code configuration scripts")
(description
- "GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce
-shell scripts to automatically configure software source code
-packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of
-UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf
-creates a configuration script for a package from a template
-file that lists the operating system features that the package
-can use, in the form of M4 macro calls.")
+ "Autoconf offers the developer a robust set of M4 macros which expand
+into shell code to test the features of Unix-like systems and to adapt
+automatically their software package to these systems. The resulting shell
+scripts are self-contained and portable, freeing the user from needing to
+know anything about Autoconf or M4.")
(license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
(define-public autoconf-wrapper
@@ -202,9 +200,10 @@ exec ~a --no-auto-compile \"$0\" \"$@\"
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/")
(synopsis "Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles")
(description
- "GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
-`Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding
-Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf.")
+ "Automake the part of the GNU build system for producing standards-
+compliant Makefiles. Build requirements are entered in an intuitive format
+and then Automake works with Autoconf to produce a robust Makefile,
+simplifying the entire process for the developer.")
(license gpl2+))) ; some files are under GPLv3+
(define-public libtool
@@ -258,11 +257,8 @@ Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf.")
,(search-patch "libtool-skip-tests.patch"))))
(synopsis "Generic shared library support tools")
(description
- "GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the
-complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface.
-
-To use libtool, add the new generic library building commands to your
-Makefile, Makefile.in, or Makefile.am. See the documentation for
-details.")
+ "Libtool is a script to help in the creation of shared libraries. By
+presenting a consistent, portable interface, it hides the complexity of
+building usable shared libraries.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/")))