Changeset 532a2c4


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Timestamp:
Nov 13, 2012, 5:10:53 AM (12 years ago)
Author:
Chris Staub <chris@…>
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clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit
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Updated package rationale page

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  • BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml

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    2222      <para>Autoconf</para>
    2323      <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts
    24       that can automatically configure source code.</para>
     24      that can automatically configure source code. This is useful for software
     25      developers, as well as anyone who wants to install packages that don't
     26      come with a configure script, such as some of the packages in CBLFS.</para>
    2527    </listitem>
    2628
    2729    <listitem>
    2830      <para>Automake</para>
    29       <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.</para>
     31      <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para>
    3032    </listitem>
    3133
    3234    <listitem>
    3335      <para>Bash</para>
    34       <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
     36      <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell. A shell is an
     37      important component of a Linux system, as there must be some way of
     38      allowing the users to enter commands.</para>
    3539    </listitem>
    3640
     
    4448    <listitem>
    4549      <para>Bison</para>
    46       <para>Required by several package in CLFS</para>
     50      <para>This package contains programs that are required by several packages in CLFS.</para>
    4751    </listitem>
    4852
     
    6367    <listitem>
    6468      <para>CLooG-PPL</para>
    65       <para>Used by GCC</para>
     69      <para>This package is used by GCC.</para>
    6670    </listitem>
    6771
     
    7579      <para>DejaGNU</para>
    7680      <para>This package is needed for the testsuites of several packages,
    77       especially GCC and Binutils</para>
     81      especially GCC and Binutils.</para>
    7882    </listitem>
    7983
     
    8185      <para>DHCPCD</para>
    8286      <para>This package allows for automatic configuration of network
    83       interfaces from a DHCP server</para>
     87      interfaces from a DHCP server. It (or some other package providing a
     88      DHCP client is needed to connect to a DHCP server.</para>
    8489    </listitem>
    8590
     
    8792      <para>Diffutils</para>
    8893      <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also
    89       be used to create patches. Required by the installation procedures of
     94      be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures of
    9095      many CLFS packages.</para>
    9196    </listitem>
     
    142147    <listitem>
    143148      <para>Gettext</para>
    144       <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n in their
    145       programs. It is a required dependency for a number of packages</para>
    146     </listitem>
    147 
    148     <listitem>
    149       <para>Glib</para>
    150       <para>Required for pkg-config</para>
     149      <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n
     150      (internationalization) in their programs. It is a required dependency
     151      for a number of packages</para>
    151152    </listitem>
    152153
    153154    <listitem>
    154155      <para>GMP</para>
    155       <para>Required by GCC</para>
     156      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
    156157    </listitem>
    157158
    158159    <listitem>
    159160      <para>Grep</para>
    160       <para>Programs for searching for text in files. Required by
    161       many packages in CLFS.</para>
     161      <para>This package contains programs for searching for text in files.
     162      These programs are required by many packages in CLFS.</para>
    162163    </listitem>
    163164
    164165    <listitem>
    165166      <para>Groff</para>
    166       <para>Required by Man</para>
     167      <para>This package is required by Man.</para>
    167168    </listitem>
    168169
    169170    <listitem>
    170171      <para>Gzip</para>
    171       <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to
     172      <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. It is also needed to
    172173      uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
    173174    </listitem>
     
    198199
    199200    <listitem>
     201      <para>Kmod</para>
     202      <para>This package contains programs that assist in loading an unloading
     203      kernel modules.</para>
     204    </listitem>
     205
     206    <listitem>
    200207      <para>Less</para>
    201208      <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time.
     
    205212    <listitem>
    206213      <para>Libee</para>
    207       <para>This package contains an event expression library.</para>
     214      <para>This package contains an event expression library. It is needed by
     215      Rsyslog.</para>
    208216    </listitem>
    209217
    210218    <listitem>
    211219      <para>Libestr</para>
    212       <para>This package contains a library for string essentials.</para>
     220      <para>This package contains a library for string essentials. It is needed
     221      by Rsyslog.</para>
    213222    </listitem>
    214223
     
    253262    <listitem>
    254263      <para>MPC</para>
    255       <para>Required by GCC</para>
     264      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
    256265    </listitem>
    257266
    258267    <listitem>
    259268      <para>MPFR</para>
    260       <para>Required by GCC</para>
    261     </listitem>
    262 
    263     <listitem>
    264       <para>Module-Init-Tools</para>
    265       <para>This package contains programs that assist in</para>
     269      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
    266270    </listitem>
    267271
     
    289293    <listitem>
    290294      <para>PPL</para>
    291       <para>Used by GCC</para>
     295      <para>This package i used by GCC.</para>
    292296    </listitem>
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