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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-05-18 23:02:25 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-05-18 23:02:25 +0200
commit35ec07c758f4343417e14f71defc7789c9c093d5 (patch)
tree88016aa597816a8f141240e841290e00a0c5afbb
parent4bc3fcc77199457ca3e84511c512d0f548b06e9c (diff)
downloadguix-35ec07c758f4343417e14f71defc7789c9c093d5.tar.gz
gnu: Improve synopses for Linux-related packages.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (util-linux, procps, e2fsprogs): Clarify and
  shrink synopses.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux.scm8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 91f7125e8a..a66bdae150 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
               ("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("perl" ,perl)))
     (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/")
-    (synopsis
-     "util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
+    (synopsis "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
     (description
      "util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
 
@@ -342,8 +341,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
        ;; What did you expect?  Tests?
        #:tests? #f))
     (home-page "http://procps.sourceforge.net/")
-    (synopsis
-     "Utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem")
+    (synopsis "Utilities that give information about processes")
     (description
      "procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities
 that give information about processes using the Linux /proc file system.
@@ -405,7 +403,7 @@ slabtop, and skill.")
        ;; filesystem is mounted due to missing mtab file".
        #:tests? #f))
     (home-page "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/")
-    (synopsis "Tools for creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems")
+    (synopsis "Creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems")
     (description
      "This package provides tools for manipulating ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.")
     (license (list gpl2                           ; programs