From 0f5df5bb98018f2dce9a09f9902b557baab449d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vitaliy Shatrov Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:19:58 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] gnu/packages/base.scm: Make coreutils description clearer. * gnu/packages/base.scm ( Used help of anadon, nckx, and NieDzejkob on IRC, and https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/README to state it clear that coreutils package has no shell app included. ) --- gnu/packages/base.scm | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index e8150708c0..96f325920b 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -353,10 +353,11 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.") #t))))) (synopsis "Core GNU utilities (file, text, shell)") (description - "GNU Coreutils includes all of the basic command-line tools that are -expected in a POSIX system. These provide the basic file, shell and text -manipulation functions of the GNU system. Most of these tools offer extended -functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard.") + "GNU Coreutils package includes all of the basic command-line tools +that are expected in a POSIX system, excluding shell. This package is the +union of the GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. Most of +these tools offer extended functionality beyond that which is outlined in +the POSIX standard.") (license gpl3+) (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/"))) -- 2.25.1