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authorJan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2020-06-30 20:55:40 +0200
committerJan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2020-06-30 21:19:13 +0200
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gnu: hosts: Clarify this script only works on a foreign distro.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm (hosts)[synopsis, description]: Clarify that this script works only on a foreign distro.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 865807a3f2..acae652bb7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -3979,8 +3979,10 @@ text table representation to stdout.")
(install-file "README.md" doc))
#t)))
(home-page "https://github.com/xwmx/hosts/")
- (synopsis "Bash script for editing @file{/etc/hosts} file")
+ (synopsis "Script for editing a foreign distro's @file{/etc/hosts} file")
(description "Hosts is a command line program for managing
-@file{/etc/hosts} entries. @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files
-and entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.")
+@file{/etc/hosts} entries. On Guix System, @file{/etc/hosts} is managed from
+the system configuration; hosts only works when using the Guix package manager
+on a foreign distro. @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files and
+entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.")
(license license:expat)))