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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm index 4d66ff6de6..efffa92692 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm @@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ in compression.") ;; FIXME: The test suite wants `less', and optionally Perl. '(#:tests? #f)) (description - "GNU Gzip is a data compression and decompression program.") + "GNU Gzip provides data compression and decompression utilities; the +typical extension is \".gz\". Unlike the \"zip\" format, it compresses a single +file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction with \"tar\", resulting in +\".tar.gz\" or \".tgz\", etc.") (license license:gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"))) @@ -278,9 +281,8 @@ archiving. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm.") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/") (synopsis "Archives in shell scripts, uuencode/uudecode") (description - "GNU sharutils is a package for manipulating shell archives. Shell -archives are collections of files that can be unpacked using only the shell; -an archive is a self-extracting shell script. The tools in the Sharutils -package make working with shell archives more robust, offering compression, -file-splitting and simple checksums.") + "GNU sharutils is a package for creating and manipulating shell +archives that can be readily emailed. A shell archive is a file that can be +processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files. +This package is mostly for compatibility and historical interest.") (license license:gpl3+))) |