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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/base.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/gperf.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/guile.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/libidn.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/miscfiles.scm | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/telephony.scm | 2 |
6 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index 9a58776fb8..078e0c57a3 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (synopsis "Print lines matching a pattern") (description - "Grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by + "grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by matching a pattern provided by the user in one or many files. The pattern may be provided as a basic or extended regular expression, or as fixed strings. By default, the matching text is simply printed to the screen, diff --git a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm index 9e2e3c6ec4..9d9aaba3ce 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/") (synopsis "Perfect hash function generator") (description - "GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of + "gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of strings, it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code. That the hash function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that look-ups can be made by single string comparisons.") diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm index 2ae982d10e..edc65d599e 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ many readers as needed).") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-ncurses/") (synopsis "Guile bindings to ncurses") (description - "GNU Guile-Ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses + "guile-ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses library.") (license lgpl3+))) diff --git a/gnu/packages/libidn.scm b/gnu/packages/libidn.scm index 02e15e50fb..3e55618e53 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/libidn.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/libidn.scm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ;; FIXME: No Java and C# libraries are currently built. (synopsis "Internationalized string processing library") (description - "GNU Libidn is a library implementing of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA + "libidn is a library implementing of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. These are used to encode and decode internationalized domain names. It includes native C, C# and Java libraries.") (license lgpl2.1+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/miscfiles.scm b/gnu/packages/miscfiles.scm index e9ee8ad42e..fd0fc7b8e2 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/miscfiles.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/miscfiles.scm @@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ "005588vfrwx8ghsdv9p7zczj9lbc9a3r4m5aphcaqv8gif4siaka")))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/miscfiles/") - (synopsis "Collection of miscellaneous text files") - (description "Miscfiles is a collection of files not of crucial importance -for system administration or operation, but which have come to be common on -various systems over the years. It includes data files for country codes, -airport codes, currency information, and so on.") + (synopsis + "Data files for airport codes, zip codes, a dictionary, and more") + (description + "GNU Miscfiles is a collection of common data files. They include, for +example, country abbreviations, names and capital cities; currency +abbreviations and names; a Best Current Practices index; a map of the ASCII +character set; a list of three-letter airport codes; and an English word +list.") (license gpl2+))) diff --git a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm index 4f2193ce47..a5a7902f9c 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ (("^// TODO sc.*") "#include <sys/types.h>\n#include <sys/stat.h>\n"))) %standard-phases))) (build-system gnu-build-system) - (synopsis "Common C++ framework for threaded applications") + (synopsis "(u)Common C++ framework for threaded applications") (description "GNU Common C++ is an portable, optimized class framework for threaded applications, supporting concurrent synchronization, inter-process communications via sockets, and various methods for data handling, such as |