Changeset 8fead24
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- May 29, 2014, 9:14:18 AM (10 years ago)
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BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml
r577e1379 r8fead24 29 29 <para>Attr</para> 30 30 <para>Attr allows setting and viewing extended attributes of filesystem 31 objects. It is required by Systemd. .</para>31 objects. It is required by Systemd.</para> 32 32 </listitem> 33 33 … … 42 42 <listitem> 43 43 <para>Automake</para> 44 <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para> 44 <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles 45 for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para> 45 46 </listitem> 46 47 … … 68 69 <listitem> 69 70 <para>Bison</para> 70 <para>This package contains programs that are required by several packages in CLFS.</para> 71 <para>This package contains programs that are required by several 72 packages in CLFS.</para> 71 73 </listitem> 72 74 … … 93 95 <listitem> 94 96 <para>CLooG</para> 95 <para>This package is used by GCC.</para> 97 <para>This package is used by GCC to enable its Graphite loop generation 98 code.</para> 96 99 </listitem> 97 100 … … 105 108 <para>D-Bus</para> 106 109 <para>D-Bus is a message bus system, which allows applications to 107 communicate to each other. It is required by Systemd.</para>110 communicate to each other. It is used by Systemd.</para> 108 111 </listitem> 109 112 … … 124 127 <para>Diffutils</para> 125 128 <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also 126 be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures of127 many CLFS packages.</para>129 be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures 130 of many CLFS packages, and used by many packages' test suites.</para> 128 131 </listitem> 129 132 130 133 <listitem> 131 134 <para>Glibc</para> 132 <para>Any dynamically-linked C program ( which is nearly everything133 in CLFS) needs a C library to compile and run.</para>135 <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (nearly every package in CLFS 136 has these) needs a C library to compile and run.</para> 134 137 </listitem> 135 138 … … 162 165 <para>Findutils</para> 163 166 <para>This package contains programs for finding files based on certain 164 criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. Used by the165 installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para>167 criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. These programs 168 are used by the installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para> 166 169 </listitem> 167 170 … … 187 190 <listitem> 188 191 <para>GDBM</para> 189 <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It is used190 by one other CLFS package, Man-DB.</para>192 <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. Man-DB 193 requires either GDBM or Berkeley DB, though it prefers GDBM.</para> 191 194 </listitem> 192 195 … … 216 219 <listitem> 217 220 <para>Groff</para> 218 <para>This package is required by Man .</para>221 <para>This package is required by Man-DB.</para> 219 222 </listitem> 220 223 … … 240 243 <listitem> 241 244 <para>IProute2</para> 242 <para>This package contains programs for administering network interfaces.</para> 245 <para>This package contains programs for administering network 246 interfaces.</para> 243 247 </listitem> 244 248 … … 256 260 <para>Kbd</para> 257 261 <para>Contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible with the 258 Linux kernel.</para> 262 Linux kernel. These can be used to change the display font and keyboard 263 layout.</para> 259 264 </listitem> 260 265 … … 268 273 <para>Less</para> 269 274 <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time. 270 Used by Manfor displaying manpages.</para>275 It is also used by Man-DB for displaying manpages.</para> 271 276 </listitem> 272 277 … … 308 313 <listitem> 309 314 <para>Make</para> 310 <para> Required for installation of most CLFS packages</para>315 <para>This is required for installation of most CLFS packages</para> 311 316 </listitem> 312 317 … … 315 320 <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages, 316 321 and has superior internationalization capabilities compared to the 317 <application> man</application> package.</para>322 <application>Man</application> package.</para> 318 323 </listitem> 319 324 … … 351 356 <listitem> 352 357 <para>Pkg-config-lite</para> 353 <para>Needed by E2fsprogs</para> 358 <para>Several packages in CLFS, and many others outside of CLFS, 359 use <command>pkg-config</command> to locate dependencies.</para> 354 360 </listitem> 355 361
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