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Author: Chris Staub <chris at beaker67.com>
Date: Thu May 29 05:14:18 2014 -0400
Updated rationale page
diff --git a/BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml b/BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml
index d99ed27..c9adb63 100644
--- a/BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml
+++ b/BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -123,14 +126,14 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -161,8 +164,8 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -186,8 +189,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Groff</para>
- <para>This package is required by Man.</para>
+ <para>This package is required by Man-DB.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -239,7 +242,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -255,7 +259,8 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@
<listitem>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -307,14 +312,14 @@
<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>
<listitem>
<para>Man-DB</para>
<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>
<listitem>
@@ -350,7 +355,8 @@
<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>
<listitem>
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BOOK/appendices/rationale/common.xml | 46 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
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