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diff --git a/gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm b/gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm index 62fb40737a..818908890e 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm @@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ %standard-phases)) '())) (description -"GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page -fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is -currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful -technique for implementing pageable virtual memory, memory-mapped access to -persistent databases, generational garbage collectors, stack overflow -handlers, distributed shared memory, and more.") + "libsigsegv is a library to handle page faults, which occur when a +program tries to access an unavailable region of memory, in user mode. By +catching and handling page faults, the program can implement pageable virtual +memory, stack overflow handlers, and so on.") (license gpl2+))) |