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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/games.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/libffcall.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/lisp.scm12
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 687e037526..789a02e577 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ multi-system game/emulator system.")
"0wkahvqpzq6lzl5r49a4sd4p52frdmphnqsfdv7gdp24bykdfs6s"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("readline" ,readline)))
- (synopsis "Go game")
+ (synopsis "Play the game of Go")
(description "GNU Go is a program that plays the game of Go, in which
players place stones on a grid to form territory or capture other stones.
While it can be played directly from the terminal, rendered in ASCII
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libffcall.scm b/gnu/packages/libffcall.scm
index 010c22e38c..74d6b6347f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libffcall.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libffcall.scm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
"1lwdskc2w4rr98x9flr2726lmj4190l16r0izg7gqxy50801wwgd"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments `(#:parallel-build? #f))
- (synopsis "Foreign function call libraries")
+ (synopsis "Foreign function calls from interpreters")
(description
"GNU Libffcall is a collection of libraries that can be used to build
foreign function call interfaces in embedded interpreters.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index bf8bb9b054..5db3fa98f9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -182,13 +182,11 @@ supporting ASDF, Sockets, Gray streams, MOP, and other useful components.")
;; Makefiles seem to have race conditions.
#:parallel-build? #f))
(home-page "http://www.clisp.org/")
- (synopsis "Common Lisp implementation")
- (description "GNU CLISP is an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp, with
-many extensions. It includes an interpreter, compiler, debugger, CLOS, MOP,
-an FFI, i18n, POSIX and Perl regular expressions, a socket interface, fast
-bignums, arbitrary precision floats, and more. An X11 interface is available
-through CLX, Garnet and CLUE/CLIO. Command line editing is provided by
-readline.")
+ (synopsis "A Common Lisp implementation")
+ (description
+ "GNU CLISP is an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp. Common Lisp is a
+high-level, object-oriented functional programming language. CLISP includes
+an interpreter, a compiler, a debugger, and much more.")
;; Website says gpl2+, COPYRIGHT file says gpl2; actual source files have
;; a lot of gpl3+. (Also some parts are under non-copyleft licenses, such
;; as CLX by Texas Instruments.) In that case gpl3+ wins out.