From: Branden Robinson Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:41:51 +0000 (-0600) Subject: control: extend package descriptions X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0cfa352d444b3528d05657ad1cea5e13b4c59482;p=util-linux control: extend package descriptions Signed-off-by: LaMont Jones --- diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 698ca965..fac405f9 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -17,10 +17,59 @@ Replaces: schedutils, miscutils, setterm, fdisk, ${util-linux:Conflicts} Conflicts: schedutils, setterm, fdisk, kbd (<< 1.05-3), console-tools (<< 1:0.2.3-21), ${util-linux:Conflicts} Provides: schedutils Description: Miscellaneous system utilities - This package contains a number of important utilities, most of which - are oriented towards maintenance of your system. Some of the more - important utilities included in this package allow you to partition - your hard disk, view kernel messages, and create new filesystems. + This package contains a number of important utilities, most of which are + oriented towards maintenance of your system. Some of the more important + utilities included in this package allow you to partition your hard disk, + view kernel messages, and create new filesystems. + . + The following programs are included in this package: + * arch - print machine architecture + * blockdev - call block device ioctl()s from the command line (*) + * cfdisk - manipulate partition tables using a curses-based interface (*) + * chkdupexe - find duplicate executables + * cytune - tune Linux Cyclades driver parameters + * ddate - convert Gregorian dates to Discordian dates + * fdisk - manipulate partition tables interactively + * dmesg - print or control kernel ring buffer (*) + * elvtune - tune Linux I/O elevator (*) + * fdformat - perform low-level format of a floppy diskette (*) + * fsck.cramfs - check consistency of compressed ROM filesystems + * fsck.minix - check consistency of Minix filesystems + * getopt - parse command-line arguments + * getty - prompt for login on a TTY port + * hwclock - query and set the hardware real-time clock (RTC) (*) + * ipcrm - remove an IPC message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID + * ipcs - provide information on IPC facilities + * isosize - output the length of an ISO 9660 filesystem (*) + * line - read one line + * mcookie - generate magic cookies for xauth + * mkfs - build a Linux filesystem + * mkswap - set up a Linux swap area + * more - browse pagewise through text files + * namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found + * pg - browse pagewise through text files + * pivot_root - change the root filesystem + * raw - bind a Linux raw character device to a block device (*) + * readprofile - read Linux kernel profiling information (*) + * rdev, ramsize, rootflags, vidmode - query/set image root device, RAM disk + size, or video mode (*) + * rev - reverse lines of a file + * setsid - run a program in a new session + * setterm - set terminal attributes + * sfdisk - manipulate partition tables (*) + * tunelp - set various parameters for the lp device + * whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command + . + Programs marked with a an asterisk in parentheses (*) are not available on + all Debian platforms, because they are utilities for manipulating hardware or + kernel interfaces that do not exist on some systems. + . + Futhermore, some of the above programs are installed with different names on + certain Debian platforms. + * "fdisk" is called "ddisk" on PowerPC (and PPC64) systems to emphasize its + nature as an editor for DOS parition tables. + * "mkfs" is called "mkfs.linux" on GNU/Hurd systems. + * "getty" is called "agetty" on GNU/Hurd systems. Package: util-linux-locales Architecture: all @@ -43,8 +92,16 @@ Depends: ${mount:Depends} Suggests: nfs-common (>=1:1.1.0-13) Breaks: nfs-common (<<1:1.1.0-7) Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems - This package provides the mount(8), umount(8), swapon(8), - swapoff(8), and losetup(8) commands. + This package provides the following commands: + * mount - mount a filesystem + * umount - unmount a filesystem (*) + * swapon - enable devices and files for paging and swapping + * swapoff - disable devices and files for paging and swapping + * losetup - set up and control loop devices (*) + . + Programs marked with a an asterisk in parentheses (*) are not available on + all Debian platforms, because they are utilities for manipulating hardware or + kernel interfaces that do not exist on some systems. Package: bsdutils Architecture: any @@ -53,11 +110,16 @@ Section: utils Depends: ${bsdutils:Depends} Recommends: bsdmainutils Description: Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite - This package contains the bare minimum number of BSD utilities needed - to boot a Debian system. You should probably also install - bsdmainutils to get the remaining standard BSD utilities. + This package contains the bare minimum number of BSD utilities needed to boot + a Debian system. You should probably also install bsdmainutils to get the + remaining standard BSD utilities. . - Included are: logger, renice, replay, script, wall + This package provides the following commands: + * logger - make entries in the system log + * renice - alter priority of running processes + * script - make typescript of terminal session + * scriptreplay - play back typescripts using timing information + * wall - write a message to users Package: fdisk-udeb Architecture: alpha amd64 arm armeb armel hppa i386 ia64 lpia m32r mips mipsel powerpc ppc64 hurd-i386 sparc s390