Changeset 532a2c4 for BOOK/appendices/rationale

Timestamp:

Nov 12, 2012, 9:10:53 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

Children:

ba0229f

Parents:

d6aaa67

Message:

Updated package rationale page

File:

• BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml (modified) (11 diffs)

BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
       <para>Autoconf</para>
       <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts
-      that can automatically configure source code.</para>
+      that can automatically configure source code. This is useful for software
+      developers, as well as anyone who wants to install packages that don't
+      come with a configure script, such as some of the packages in CBLFS.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Automake</para>
-      <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.</para>
+      <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Bash</para>
-      <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
+      <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell. A shell is an
+      important component of a Linux system, as there must be some way of
+      allowing the users to enter commands.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -44 +48 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Bison</para>
-      <para>Required by several package in CLFS</para>
+      <para>This package contains programs that are required by several packages in CLFS.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -63 +67 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>CLooG-PPL</para>
-      <para>Used by GCC</para>
+      <para>This package is used by GCC.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -75 +79 @@
       <para>DejaGNU</para>
       <para>This package is needed for the testsuites of several packages,
-      especially GCC and Binutils</para>
+      especially GCC and Binutils.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -81 +85 @@
       <para>DHCPCD</para>
       <para>This package allows for automatic configuration of network
-      interfaces from a DHCP server</para>
+      interfaces from a DHCP server. It (or some other package providing a
+      DHCP client is needed to connect to a DHCP server.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -87 +92 @@
       <para>Diffutils</para>
       <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also
-      be used to create patches. Required by the installation procedures of
+      be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures of
       many CLFS packages.</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -142 +147 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Gettext</para>
-      <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n in their
-      programs. It is a required dependency for a number of packages</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Glib</para>
-      <para>Required for pkg-config</para>
+      <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n
+      (internationalization) in their programs. It is a required dependency
+      for a number of packages</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>GMP</para>
-      <para>Required by GCC</para>
+      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Grep</para>
-      <para>Programs for searching for text in files. Required by
-      many packages in CLFS.</para>
+      <para>This package contains programs for searching for text in files.
+      These programs are required by many packages in CLFS.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Groff</para>
-      <para>Required by Man</para>
+      <para>This package is required by Man.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Gzip</para>
-      <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to
+      <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. It is also needed to
       uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -198 +199 @@
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>Kmod</para>
+      <para>This package contains programs that assist in loading an unloading
+      kernel modules.</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>Less</para>
       <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time.
@@ -205 +212 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Libee</para>
-      <para>This package contains an event expression library.</para>
+      <para>This package contains an event expression library. It is needed by
+      Rsyslog.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Libestr</para>
-      <para>This package contains a library for string essentials.</para>
+      <para>This package contains a library for string essentials. It is needed
+      by Rsyslog.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -253 +262 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>MPC</para>
-      <para>Required by GCC</para>
+      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>MPFR</para>
-      <para>Required by GCC</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Module-Init-Tools</para>
-      <para>This package contains programs that assist in</para>
+      <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -289 +293 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>PPL</para>
-      <para>Used by GCC</para>
+      <para>This package i used by GCC.</para>
     </listitem>