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commit 4a986753813019d3fb770afd038f4d294dad5f23
Author: Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 30 20:55:40 2020 +0200

    gnu: hosts: Clarify this script only works on a foreign distro.
    
    * gnu/packages/admin.scm (hosts)[synopsis, description]: Clarify that this
    script works only on a foreign distro.
---
 gnu/packages/admin.scm | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 865807a..acae652 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -3979,8 +3979,10 @@ text table representation to stdout.")
            (install-file "README.md" doc))
          #t)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/xwmx/hosts/";)
-    (synopsis "Bash script for editing @file{/etc/hosts} file")
+    (synopsis "Script for editing a foreign distro's @file{/etc/hosts} file")
     (description "Hosts is a command line program for managing
-@file{/etc/hosts} entries.  @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files
-and entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.")
+@file{/etc/hosts} entries.  On Guix System, @file{/etc/hosts} is managed from
+the system configuration; hosts only works when using the Guix package manager
+on a foreign distro.  @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files and
+entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.")
     (license license:expat)))