nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/default.nix
Bjørn Forsman c9baba9212 Fix many package descriptions
(My OCD kicked in today...)

Remove repeated package names, capitalize first word, remove trailing
periods and move overlong descriptions to longDescription.

I also simplified some descriptions as well, when they were particularly
long or technical, often based on Arch Linux' package descriptions.

I've tried to stay away from generated expressions (and I think I
succeeded).

Some specifics worth mentioning:
 * cron, has "Vixie Cron" in its description. The "Vixie" part is not
   mentioned anywhere else. I kept it in a parenthesis at the end of the
   description.

 * ctags description started with "Exuberant Ctags ...", and the
   "exuberant" part is not mentioned elsewhere. Kept it in a parenthesis
   at the end of description.

 * nix has the description "The Nix Deployment System". Since that
   doesn't really say much what it is/does (especially after removing
   the package name!), I changed that to "Powerful package manager that
   makes package management reliable and reproducible" (borrowed from
   nixos.org).

 * Tons of "GNU Foo, Foo is a [the important bits]" descriptions
   is changed to just [the important bits]. If the package name doesn't
   contain GNU I don't think it's needed to say it in the description
   either.
2014-08-24 22:31:37 +02:00

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{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "sharutils-4.11.1";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/sharutils/${name}.tar.bz2";
sha256 = "1mallg1gprimlggdisfzdmh1xi676jsfdlfyvanlcw72ny8fsj3g";
};
preConfigure =
''
# Fix for building on Glibc 2.16. Won't be needed once the
# gnulib in sharutils is updated.
sed -i '/gets is a security hole/d' lib/stdio.in.h
'';
# GNU Gettext is needed on non-GNU platforms.
buildInputs = [ gettext ];
doCheck = true;
crossAttrs = {
patches = [ ./sharutils-4.11.1-cross-binary-mode-popen.patch ];
};
meta = {
description = "Tools for remote synchronization and `shell archives'";
longDescription =
'' GNU shar makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing
them for transmission by electronic mail services. A shell archive
is a collection of files that can be unpacked by /bin/sh. A wide
range of features provide extensive flexibility in manufacturing
shars and in specifying shar smartness. For example, shar may
compress files, uuencode binary files, split long files and
construct multi-part mailings, ensure correct unsharing order, and
provide simplistic checksums.
GNU unshar scans a set of mail messages looking for the start of
shell archives. It will automatically strip off the mail headers
and other introductory text. The archive bodies are then unpacked
by a copy of the shell. unshar may also process files containing
concatenated shell archives.
'';
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/;
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
maintainers = [ ];
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
};
}