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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2018-02-21 05:00:09 +0100
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2018-02-21 15:02:48 +0100
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gnu: iptables: Edit synopsis & description.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (iptables)[synopsis, description]: Improve.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux.scm17
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index e1fd5ae806..238398e84a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1111,14 +1111,17 @@ external rate conversion.")
#:configure-flags ; add $libdir to the RUNPATH of executables
(list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=" %output "/lib"))))
(home-page "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html")
- (synopsis "Program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules")
+ (synopsis "Programs to configure Linux IP packet filtering rules")
(description
- "iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the
-Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset (firewall). It is targeted at
-system administrators. Since Network Address Translation is also configured
-from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too. The iptables
-package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6
-packet filter.")
+ "@command{iptables} is the user-space command line program used to
+configure the Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset
+(@dfn{firewall}), including @dfn{NAT} (Network Address Translation).
+
+This package also includes @command{ip6tables}, which is used to configure the
+IPv6 packet filter.
+
+Both commands are targeted at system administrators.
+")
(license license:gpl2+)))
(define-public ebtables