Changeset 8fead24 for BOOK/appendices/rationale

Timestamp:

May 29, 2014, 2:14:18 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-systemd, master, systemd

Children:

5611931

Parents:

577e1379

Message:

Updated rationale page

File:

• BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml (modified) (15 diffs)

BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml

@@ -29 +29 @@
       <para>Attr</para>
       <para>Attr allows setting and viewing extended attributes of filesystem
-      objects. It is required by Systemd..</para>
+      objects. It is required by Systemd.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -42 +42 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Automake</para>
-      <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para>
+      <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles
+      for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -68 +69 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Bison</para>
-      <para>This package contains programs that are required by several packages in CLFS.</para>
+      <para>This package contains programs that are required by several
+      packages in CLFS.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -93 +95 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>CLooG</para>
-      <para>This package is used by GCC.</para>
+      <para>This package is used by GCC to enable its Graphite loop generation
+      code.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -105 +108 @@
       <para>D-Bus</para>
       <para>D-Bus is a message bus system, which allows applications to
-      communicate to each other. It is required by Systemd.</para>
+      communicate to each other. It is used by Systemd.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -124 +127 @@
       <para>Diffutils</para>
       <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also
-      be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures of
-      many CLFS packages.</para>
+      be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures
+      of many CLFS packages, and used by many packages' test suites.</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
       <para>Glibc</para>
-      <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (which is nearly everything
-      in CLFS) needs a C library to compile and run.</para>
+      <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (nearly every package in CLFS
+      has these) needs a C library to compile and run.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -162 +165 @@
       <para>Findutils</para>
       <para>This package contains programs for finding files based on certain
-      criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. Used by the
-      installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para>
+      criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. These programs
+      are used by the installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -187 +190 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>GDBM</para>
-      <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It is used
-      by one other CLFS package, Man-DB.</para>
+      <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. Man-DB
+      requires either GDBM or Berkeley DB, though it prefers GDBM.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -216 +219 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Groff</para>
-      <para>This package is required by Man.</para>
+      <para>This package is required by Man-DB.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -240 +243 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>IProute2</para>
-      <para>This package contains programs for administering network interfaces.</para>
+      <para>This package contains programs for administering network
+      interfaces.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -256 +260 @@
       <para>Kbd</para>
       <para>Contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible with the
-      Linux kernel.</para>
+      Linux kernel. These can be used to change the display font and keyboard
+      layout.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -268 +273 @@
       <para>Less</para>
       <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time.
-      Used by Man for displaying manpages.</para>
+      It is also used by Man-DB for displaying manpages.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -308 +313 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Make</para>
-      <para>Required for installation of most CLFS packages</para>
+      <para>This is required for installation of most CLFS packages</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -315 +320 @@
       <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages,
       and has superior internationalization capabilities compared to the
-      <application>man</application> package.</para>
+      <application>Man</application> package.</para>
     </listitem>
 
@@ -351 +356 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Pkg-config-lite</para>
-      <para>Needed by E2fsprogs</para>
+      <para>Several packages in CLFS, and many others outside of CLFS,
+      use <command>pkg-config</command> to locate dependencies.</para>
     </listitem>