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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2015-12-07 15:03:07 -0500
committerAndreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>2015-12-07 21:11:21 +0100
commit437d728632f646ace6f98d55ff596b108c55ee62 (patch)
tree5ca18e52d86ab7dd440fe99abfbb27a1312d9362 /gnu/packages/linux.scm
parentdae36ca5581eb8a8d035ee0632db770e633df49e (diff)
downloadguix-437d728632f646ace6f98d55ff596b108c55ee62.tar.gz
gnu: util-linux: Make description more descriptive.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (util-linux)[description]: Give some more
  information about the package.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
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@@ -447,8 +447,9 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
        ("net-base" ,net-base)))                   ;for tests
     (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/")
     (synopsis "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
-    (description
-     "Util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
+    (description "Util-linux is a diverse collection of Linux kernel
+utilities.  It provides dmesg and includes tools for working with filesystems,
+block devices, UUIDs, TTYs, and many other tools.")
 
     ;; Note that util-linux doesn't use the same license for all the
     ;; code.  GPLv2+ is the default license for a code without an