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* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/aidc.scm, gnu/packages/algebra.scm,
  gnu/packages/apr.scm, gnu/packages/avahi.scm, gnu/packages/backup.scm,
  gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/calcurse.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm,
  gnu/packages/check.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/cook.scm,
  gnu/packages/crypto.scm, gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm, gnu/packages/curl.scm,
  gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm,
  gnu/packages/doxygen.scm, gnu/packages/dwm.scm, gnu/packages/elf.scm,
  gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/feh.scm, gnu/packages/file.scm,
  gnu/packages/fish.scm, gnu/packages/flex.scm, gnu/packages/fltk.scm,
  gnu/packages/fontutils.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gcal.scm,
  gnu/packages/gcc.scm, gnu/packages/geeqie.scm, gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm,
  gnu/packages/gimp.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/glib.scm,
  gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm,
  gnu/packages/gperf.scm, gnu/packages/grub.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm,
  gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm,
  gnu/packages/hurd.scm, gnu/packages/icu4c.scm, gnu/packages/image.scm,
  gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm, gnu/packages/irssi.scm, gnu/packages/kde.scm,
  gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm, gnu/packages/libevent.scm,
  gnu/packages/libidn.scm, gnu/packages/libusb.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm,
  gnu/packages/lout.scm, gnu/packages/lsh.scm, gnu/packages/lsof.scm,
  gnu/packages/lua.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm,
  gnu/packages/mp3.scm, gnu/packages/netpbm.scm, gnu/packages/noweb.scm,
  gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openssl.scm, gnu/packages/pcre.scm,
  gnu/packages/pdf.scm, gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm,
  gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/qt.scm,
  gnu/packages/rsync.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm, gnu/packages/scrot.scm,
  gnu/packages/sdl.scm, gnu/packages/skribilo.scm, gnu/packages/ssh.scm,
  gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm, gnu/packages/tcl.scm, gnu/packages/tcsh.scm,
  gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/texlive.scm, gnu/packages/tor.scm,
  gnu/packages/valgrind.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm,
  gnu/packages/vim.scm, gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/w3m.scm,
  gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wordnet.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm,
  gnu/packages/xml.scm, gnu/packages/xorg.scm, gnu/packages/zile.scm,
  gnu/packages/zip.scm, gnu/packages/zsh.scm [synopsis, description]: Adjust
  according to lint checkers.
* gnu/packages/fltk.scm (fltk)[source]: Wrap long line in uri.
* /gnu/packages/xiph.scm (libogg, libtheora, vorbis-tools)[source]: Same.
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Eric Bavier 2014-10-23 23:46:59 -05:00
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commit 35b9e4232c
97 changed files with 505 additions and 511 deletions
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gnu/packages/admin.scm
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@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).")
#:tests? #f ; no 'check' target.
#:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://acpica.org/")
(synopsis "ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables")
(synopsis "Tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables")
(description
"The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an
OS-independent reference implementation of the Advanced Configuration and
@ -842,11 +842,11 @@ development, not the kernel implementation of ACPI.")
(home-page "http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/stress")
(synopsis "Impose load on and stress test a computer system")
(description
"'stress' is a tool that imposes a configurable amount of CPU, memory, I/O,
"Stress is a tool that imposes a configurable amount of CPU, memory, I/O,
or disk stress on a POSIX-compliant operating system and reports any errors it
detects.
'stress' is not a benchmark. It is a tool used by system administrators to
Stress is not a benchmark. It is a tool used by system administrators to
evaluate how well their systems will scale, by kernel programmers to evaluate
perceived performance characteristics, and by systems programmers to expose
the classes of bugs which only or more frequently manifest themselves when the

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gnu/packages/algebra.scm
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@ -48,10 +48,9 @@
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)
("mpfr" ,mpfr)
("mpc" ,mpc)))
(synopsis "mpfrcx, a library for the arithmetic of univariate polynomials
over arbitrary precision real or complex numbers")
(synopsis "Arithmetic of polynomials over arbitrary precision numbers")
(description
"mpfrcx is a library for the arithmetic of univariate polynomials over
"Mpfrcx is a library for the arithmetic of univariate polynomials over
arbitrary precision real (mpfr) or complex (mpc) numbers, without control
on the rounding. For the time being, only the few functions needed to
implement the floating point approach to complex multiplication are
@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT. ")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)
("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
(synopsis "fplll, a library for LLL-reduction of euclidean lattices")
(synopsis "Library for LLL-reduction of euclidean lattices")
(description
"fplll LLL-reduces euclidean lattices. Since version 3, it can also
solve the shortest vector problem.")

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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
`(("intltool" ,intltool)
("glib" ,glib "bin")
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(synopsis "Avahi, an mDNS/DNS-SD implementation")
(synopsis "Implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD protocols")
(description
"Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local
network. It is an implementation of the mDNS (for \"Multicast DNS\") and
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ DNS-SD (for \"DNS-Based Service Discovery\") protocols.")
(synopsis "The mDNS Name Service Switch (NSS) plug-in")
(description
"'nss-mdns' is a plug-in for the Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality
"Nss-mdns is a plug-in for the Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality
of the GNU C Library, providing host name resolution via Multicast DNS (mDNS).
It allows for name resolution by programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain
'.local'.")

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gnu/packages/base.scm
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@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Print lines matching a pattern")
(description
"grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by
"Grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by
matching a pattern provided by the user in one or many files. The pattern
may be provided as a basic or extended regular expression, or as fixed
strings. By default, the matching text is simply printed to the screen,

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gnu/packages/cdrom.scm
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@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ files.")
(find-files "bin" ".*")))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/")
(synopsis "audio CD reading utility which includes extra data verification features")
(synopsis "Audio CD reading utility")
(description "Cdparanoia retrieves audio tracks from CDDA capable CDROM
drives. The data can be saved to a file or directed to standard output
in WAV, AIFF, AIFF-C or raw format. Most ATAPI, SCSI and several
@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ reconstruction capability.")
(delete-file ".#GNUmakefile"))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://dvdisaster.net/en/index.html")
(synopsis "error correcting codes for optical media images")
(synopsis "Error correcting codes for optical media images")
(description "Optical media (CD,DVD,BD) keep their data only for a
finite time (typically for many years). After that time, data loss develops
slowly with read errors growing from the outer media region towards the

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gnu/packages/check.scm
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
"1jcahzrvxcnp5chdn2x46l0y4aba8d8yd70lljfin7h5knxrlyhs"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://check.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Check, a unit testing framework for C")
(synopsis "Unit test framework for C")
(description
"Check is a unit testing framework for C. It features a simple
interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the

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gnu/packages/compression.scm
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
(string-append "--prefix=" out)))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://zlib.net/")
(synopsis "The zlib compression library")
(synopsis "Compression library")
(description
"zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered --
that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless data-compression library for
@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction with \"tar\", resulting in
,@(if (%current-target-system)
'(#:tests? #f)
'())))
(synopsis "high-quality data compression program")
(synopsis "High-quality data compression program")
(description
"bzip2 is a freely available, patent free (see below), high-quality data
compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best
@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ decompression.")
(base32
"1dl35ca8fdss9z2d6y234gxh24ixq904xksizrjmjr5dimwhax6n"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis
"XZ, general-purpose data compression software, successor of LZMA")
(synopsis "General-purpose data compression")
(description
"XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high
compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also

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gnu/packages/crypto.scm
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Portable NaCl-based crypto library")
(description
"libsodium is a new easy-to-use high-speed software library for network
"Sodium is a new easy-to-use high-speed software library for network
communication, encryption, decryption, signatures, etc.")
(license isc)
(home-page "http://libsodium.org")))

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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
("popt" ,popt)))
(native-inputs
`(("python" ,python-wrapper)))
(synopsis "hard disk encryption tool")
(synopsis "Hard disk encryption tool")
(description
"LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup)/Cryptsetup provides a standard on-disk
encryption format, which does not only facilitate compatibility among

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gnu/packages/curl.scm
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@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
(substitute* "tests/runtests.pl"
(("/bin/sh") (which "sh"))))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "curl, command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax")
(synopsis "Command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax")
(description
"curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax,
supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP,

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gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm
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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
;; ends up doing "ln -s plugin_common.lo plugin_common.o", which can
;; fail with EEXIST when building things in parallel.
#:parallel-build? #f))
(synopsis "Cyrus SASL, an implementation of the Simple Authentication Security Layer framework")
(synopsis "Simple Authentication Security Layer implementation")
(description
"SASL (Simple Authentication Security Layer) is an Internet
standards-track method for remote computers to authenticate. The Cyrus SASL

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gnu/packages/databases.scm
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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
;; notably iproute2.
"--enable-compat185"))))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "db, the Berkeley database")
(synopsis "Berkeley database")
(description
"Berkeley DB is an embeddable database allowing developers the choice of
SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model.")
@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ types are supported, as is encryption.")
(description
"SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless,
zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most
widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is
in the public domain.")
widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite
is in the public domain.")
(license public-domain)))
(define-public tdb
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ in the public domain.")
;; ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
("python" ,python-2))) ;for the Waf build system
(home-page "http://tdb.samba.org/")
(synopsis "TDB, the trivial database")
(synopsis "Trivial database")
(description
"TDB is a Trivial Database. In concept, it is very much like GDBM,
and BSD's DB except that it allows multiple simultaneous writers and uses

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gnu/packages/doxygen.scm
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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
"--prefix" out))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/")
(synopsis "tool for generating documentation from annotated sources")
(synopsis "Generate documentation from annotated sources")
(description "Doxygen is the de facto standard tool for generating
documentation from annotated C++ sources, but it also supports other popular
programming languages such as C, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Java, Python,

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@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ addr2line, and more.")
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.mr511.de/software/english.html")
(synopsis "ELF object file access library")
(description "libelf is a C library to access ELF object files.")
(description "Libelf is a C library to access ELF object files.")
(license lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public patchelf

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@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ operations.")
(home-page "http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/")
(synopsis "Simple Web browser for Emacs based on w3m")
(description
"emacs-w3m is an emacs interface for the w3m web browser.")
"Emacs-w3m is an emacs interface for the w3m web browser.")
(license gpl2+)))
(define-public emacs-wget
@ -363,5 +363,5 @@ operations.")
(home-page "http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsWget")
(synopsis "Simple file downloader for Emacs based on wget")
(description
"emacs-wget is an emacs interface for the wget file downloader.")
"Emacs-wget is an emacs interface for the wget file downloader.")
(license gpl2+)))

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gnu/packages/file.scm
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@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
"0z1sgrcfy6d285kj5izy1yypf371bjl3247plh9ppk0svaxv714l"))
(patches (list (search-patch "file-CVE-2014-3587.patch")))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "file, a file type guesser")
(synopsis "File type guesser")
(description
"The file command is a file type guesser, a command-line tool that tells
you in words what kind of data a file contains. It does not rely on filename

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gnu/packages/fish.scm
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@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ strings with wildcards, and many completions for specific commands. It also
has extensive and discoverable help. A special help command gives access to
all the fish documentation in your web browser. Other features include smart
terminal handling based on terminfo, an easy to search history, and syntax
highlighting. ")
highlighting.")
(home-page "http://fishshell.com/")
(license gpl2)))

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@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
(source
(origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "http://fltk.org/pub/fltk/" version "/fltk-" version "-source.tar.gz"))
(uri (string-append "http://fltk.org/pub/fltk/" version
"/fltk-" version "-source.tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"1974brlk723095vf8z72kazq1cbqr9a51kq6b0xda6zkjkgl8q0p"))))
@ -51,9 +52,9 @@
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "https://www.fltk.org")
(synopsis "3D C++ GUI library")
(description "FLTK is a C++ GUI toolkit providing modern GUI functionality without the
bloat. It supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation.
FLTK is designed to be small and modular enough to be statically linked, but
works fine as a shared library. FLTK also includes an excellent UI builder
called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes.")
(description "FLTK is a C++ GUI toolkit providing modern GUI functionality
without the bloat. It supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT
emulation. FLTK is designed to be small and modular enough to be statically
linked, but works fine as a shared library. FLTK also includes an excellent
UI builder called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes.")
(license lgpl2.0))) ; plus certain additional permissions

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@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
(symlink (string-append include "/freetype2/freetype")
(string-append include "/freetype"))))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "Freetype, a library to render fonts")
(synopsis "Font rendering library")
(description
"Freetype is a library that can be used by applications to access the
contents of font files. It provides a uniform interface to access font files.
@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ The bitmaps created by t1lib are returned in a data structure with type
GLYPH. This special GLYPH-type is also used in the X11 window system to
describe character bitmaps. It contains the bitmap data as well as some
metric information. But t1lib is in itself entirely independent of the
X11-system or any other graphical user interface. ")
X11-system or any other graphical user interface.")
(license license:gpl2)
(home-page "http://www.t1lib.org/")))
@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ X11-system or any other graphical user interface. ")
(patches (list (search-patch "teckit-cstdio.patch")))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(synopsis "TECkit, a toolkit for encoding conversions")
(synopsis "Toolkit for encoding conversions")
(description
"TECkit is a low-level toolkit intended to be used by other applications
that need to perform encoding conversions (e.g., when importing legacy data
@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ applications should be.")
`(("freetype" ,freetype)
("perl" ,perl)
("python" ,python-2))) ; because of "import imap" in tests
(synopsis "reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine")
(synopsis "Reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine")
(description
"Graphite2 is a reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing
engine. Graphite is a smart font technology designed to facilitate the

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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
(sha256 (base32
"0zhcx67afb6b5r936w5jmaydj3ks8zh83n9rm5sv3m3k8q8jib1q"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "libpaper, a library for handling paper sizes")
(synopsis "Library for handling paper sizes")
(description
"The paper library and accompanying files are intended to provide a simple
way for applications to take actions based on a system- or user-specified
@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ paper size.")
(substitute* "Makefile"
((" install.include") ""))))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "psutils, a collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript documents")
(synopsis "Collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript documents")
(description
"PSUtils is a collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript
documents. Programs included are psnup, for placing out several logical pages
@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ output file formats and printers.")
(copy-file file (string-append dir "/" file)))
(find-files "." "pfb|afm"))))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "free replacements for the PostScript fonts")
(synopsis "Free replacements for the PostScript fonts")
(description
"gs-fonts provides fonts and font metrics customarily distributed with
"Ghostscript fonts provides fonts and font metrics customarily distributed with
Ghostscript. It currently includes the 35 standard PostScript fonts.")
(license license:gpl2)
(home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/gs-fonts/")))
@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Ghostscript. It currently includes the 35 standard PostScript fonts.")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)))
(native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(synopsis "postscript rendering library")
(synopsis "Postscript rendering library")
(description
"libspectre is a small library for rendering Postscript documents.
It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering

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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
(home-page "http://gegl.org/babl/")
(synopsis "Image pixel format conversion library")
(description
"babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library.
"Babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library.
It allows converting between different methods of storing pixels known as
pixel formats that have with different bitdepths and other data
representations, color models and component permutations.

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@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ widely available and highly portable.
GLUT (and hence freeglut) allows the user to create and manage windows
containing OpenGL contexts on a wide range of platforms and also read
the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions. freeglut is released under
the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions. Freeglut is released under
the X-Consortium license.")
(license l:x11)))
@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
(delete-file "src/gallium/state_trackers/d3d1x/w32api"))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://mesa3d.org/")
(synopsis "Mesa, an OpenGL implementation")
(synopsis "OpenGL implementation")
(description "Mesa is a free implementation of the OpenGL specification -
a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics. A variety of device drivers
allows Mesa to be used in many different environments ranging from software

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@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ bindings to call into the C library.")
(home-page "https://launchpad.net/intltool/+download")
(synopsis "Tools to centralise translations of different file formats")
(description
"intltool is a set of tools to centralise translations of many different
"Intltool is a set of tools to centralise translations of many different
file formats using GNU gettext-compatible PO files.
The intltool collection can be used to do these things:
@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ by GDBus included in Glib.")
(home-page "http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Type-safe callback system for standard C++")
(description
"libsigc++ implements a type-safe callback system for standard C++. It
"Libsigc++ implements a type-safe callback system for standard C++. It
allows you to define signals and to connect those signals to any callback
function, either global or a member function, regardless of whether it is
static or virtual.
@ -405,6 +405,6 @@ has an ease of use unmatched by other C++ callback libraries.")
(home-page "http://gtkmm.org/")
(synopsis "C++ interface to the GLib library")
(description
"glibmm provides a C++ programming interface to the part of GLib that are
"Glibmm provides a C++ programming interface to the part of GLib that are
useful for C++.")
(license license:lgpl2.1+)))

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@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.")
("xkeyboard-config" ,xkeyboard-config)))
(home-page "https://www.gnome.org/")
(synopsis
"libgnome-desktop, gnome-about, and desktop-wide documents")
"Libgnome-desktop, gnome-about, and desktop-wide documents")
(description
"The libgnome-desktop library provides API shared by several applications
on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons. There
is no API or ABI guarantee, although we are doing our best to provide
on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.
There is no API or ABI guarantee, although we are doing our best to provide
stability. Documentation for the API is available with gtk-doc.
The gnome-about program helps find which version of GNOME is installed.")
@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ some form of information without getting in the user's way.")
(home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Libpeas")
(synopsis "GObject plugin system")
(description
"libpeas is a gobject-based plugins engine, and is targetted at giving
"Libpeas is a gobject-based plugins engine, and is targetted at giving
every application the chance to assume its own extensibility. It also has a
set of features including, but not limited to: multiple extension points; on
demand (lazy) programming language support for C, Python and JS; simplicity of
@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ dealing with different structured file formats.")
(home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/LibRsvg")
(synopsis "Render SVG files using Cairo")
(description
"librsvg is a C library to render SVG files using the Cairo 2D graphics
"Librsvg is a C library to render SVG files using the Cairo 2D graphics
library.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ library.")
("bison" ,bison)))
(home-page "http://freecode.com/projects/libidl")
(synopsis "Create trees of CORBA Interface Definition Language files")
(description "libidl is a library for creating trees of CORBA Interface
(description "Libidl is a library for creating trees of CORBA Interface
Definition Language (idl) files, which is a specification for defining
portable interfaces. libidl was initially written for orbit (the orb from the
GNOME project, and the primary means of libidl distribution). However, the
@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ functionality was designed to be as reusable and portable as possible.")
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/orbit2/")
(synopsis "CORBA 2.4-compliant Object Request Broker")
(description "orbit2 is a CORBA 2.4-compliant Object Request Broker (orb)
(description "ORBit2 is a CORBA 2.4-compliant Object Request Broker (orb)
featuring mature C, C++ and Python bindings.")
;; Licence notice is unclear. The Web page simply say "GPL" without giving a version.
;; SOME of the code files have licence notices for GPLv2+
@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ use in GNOME applications, built on top of CORBA.")
("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gconf/")
(synopsis "store application preferences")
(description "gconf is a system for storing application preferences. It
(synopsis "Store application preferences")
(description "Gconf is a system for storing application preferences. It
is intended for user preferences; not arbitrary data storage.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ is intended for user preferences; not arbitrary data storage.")
`(("perl" ,perl)
("intltool" ,intltool)))
(home-page "http://www.gnome.org")
(synopsis "base MIME and Application database for GNOME")
(synopsis "Base MIME and Application database for GNOME")
(description "GNOME Mime Data is a module which contains the base MIME
and Application database for GNOME. The data stored by this module is
designed to be accessed through the MIME functions in GnomeVFS.")
@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ designed to be accessed through the MIME functions in GnomeVFS.")
("intltool" ,intltool)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/gnome-vfs/")
(synopsis "access files and folders in GNOME applications")
(synopsis "Access files and folders in GNOME applications")
(description "GnomeVFS is the core library used to access files and
folders in GNOME applications. It provides a file system abstraction which
allows applications to access local and remote files with a single consistent API.")
@ -1004,8 +1004,8 @@ applications. Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GT
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libglade")
(synopsis "load glade interfaces and access the glade built widgets")
(description "libglade is a library that provides interfaces for loading
(synopsis "Load glade interfaces and access the glade built widgets")
(description "Libglade is a library that provides interfaces for loading
graphical interfaces described in glade files and for accessing the
widgets built in the loading process.")
(license license:gpl2+))) ; This is correct. GPL not LGPL
@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ widgets built in the loading process.")
("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gnome-print/home/faq.html")
(synopsis "printing framework for GNOME")
(synopsis "Printing framework for GNOME")
(description "Gnome-print is a high-quality printing framework for GNOME.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))

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@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
"02lv5h865f8if391xjp3njg04k0l4x2pwjkcdbzcwilail1skazq"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://gnupg.org")
(synopsis
"Libgpg-error, a small library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components")
(synopsis "Library of error values for GnuPG components")
(description
"Libgpg-error is a small library that defines common error values
for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME,
@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ generation.")
`(("libgpg-error" ,libgpg-error) ("pth" ,pth)))
(home-page "http://gnupg.org")
(synopsis
"Libassuan, the IPC library used by GnuPG and related software")
"IPC library used by GnuPG and related software")
(description
"Libassuan is a small library implementing the so-called Assuan
protocol. This protocol is used for IPC between most newer
@ -156,8 +155,7 @@ provided.")
(string-append "--with-gpg-error-prefix="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "libgpg-error")))))
(home-page "http://www.gnupg.org")
(synopsis
"Libksba is a CMS and X.509 access library under development")
(synopsis "CMS and X.509 access library")
(description
"KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates
as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both
@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ libskba (working with X.509 certificates and CMS data).")
("libassuan" ,libassuan)))
(arguments '(#:make-flags '("GPG=gpg2")))
(home-page "http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/")
(synopsis "library providing simplified access to GnuPG functionality")
(synopsis "Library providing simplified access to GnuPG functionality")
(description
"GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a library designed to make access to GnuPG
easier for applications. It provides a High-Level Crypto API for encryption,
@ -375,9 +373,9 @@ PGP keysigning parties.")
"gpgparticipants.1" "gpgsigs.1" "gpgwrap.1"
"process_keys.1" "pgpring.1" "keyanalyze.1"))))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "collection of scripts for simplifying gnupg key signing")
(synopsis "Collection of scripts for simplifying gnupg key signing")
(description
"signing-party is a collection for all kinds of PGP/GnuPG related things,
"Signing-party is a collection for all kinds of PGP/GnuPG related things,
including tools for signing keys, keyring analysis, and party preparation.
* caff: CA - Fire and Forget signs and mails a key

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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/")
(synopsis "Perfect hash function generator")
(description
"gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of
"GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of
strings, it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code. That
the hash function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that
look-ups can be made by single string comparisons.")

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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
(sha256 (base32
"101pr110ardcj2di940g6vaqifsaxc44h6hjn81l63dvmkj5a6ga"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Libntlm, a library that implements NTLM authentication")
(synopsis "Library that implements NTLM authentication")
(description
"Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication")
(license lgpl2.1+)

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@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("python" ,python-wrapper)))
(synopsis "opentype text shaping engine")
(synopsis "OpenType text shaping engine")
(description
"HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.")
(license (license:x11-style "file://COPYING"
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ used throughout the world.")
`(("intltool" ,intltool)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/pango")
(synopsis "functions now obsolete in pango")
(synopsis "Obsolete pango functions")
(description "Pangox was a X backend to pango. It is now obsolete and no
longer provided by recent pango releases. pangox-compat provides the
functions which were removed.")

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@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ many readers as needed).")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-ncurses/")
(synopsis "Guile bindings to ncurses")
(description
"guile-ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses
"GNU Guile-Ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses
library.")
(license lgpl3+)))
@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ format is also supported.")
(home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/")
(synopsis "Collection of useful Guile Scheme modules")
(description
"guile-lib is intended as an accumulation place for pure-scheme Guile
"Guile-Lib is intended as an accumulation place for pure-scheme Guile
modules, allowing for people to cooperate integrating their generic Guile
modules into a coherent library. Think \"a down-scaled, limited-scope CPAN
for Guile\".")

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@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
"GNU MIG is the GNU distribution of the Mach 3.0 interface generator
MIG, as maintained by the GNU Hurd developers for the GNU project.
You need this tool to compile the GNU Mach and GNU Hurd distributions,
and to compile the GNU C library for the Hurd. Also,you will need it
and to compile the GNU C library for the Hurd. Also, you will need it
for other software in the GNU system that uses Mach-based inter-process
communication.")
(license gpl2+)))

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@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
(find-files "bin" ".*")
(find-files "sbin" ".*"))))))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "ICU, International Components for Unicode")
(synopsis "International Components for Unicode")
(description
"ICU is a set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and
globalisation support for software applications. This package contains the

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@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ library. It supports almost all PNG features and is extensible.")
(sha256 (base32
"19q5zr4n60sjcvfbyv06n4pcl1mai3ipvnd2akflayciinj3wx9s"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Libjpeg, a library for handling JPEG files")
(synopsis "Library for handling JPEG files")
(description
"Libjpeg implements JPEG image encoding, decoding, and transcoding.
JPEG is a standardized compression method for full-color and gray-scale
@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ image files in PBMPLUS PPM/PGM, GIF, BMP, and Targa file formats.")
(list (string-append "--with-jpeg-include-dir="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "libjpeg-8")
"/include"))))
(synopsis "Libtiff, a library for handling TIFF files")
(synopsis "Library for handling TIFF files")
(description
"Libtiff provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a format
used for storing image data.
@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ error-resilience, a Java-viewer for j2k-images, ...")
%standard-phases))))
(synopsis "Tools and library for working with GIF images")
(description
"giflib is a library for reading and writing GIF images. It is API and
"GIFLIB is a library for reading and writing GIF images. It is API and
ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW compression
algorithm was patented. Tools are also included to convert, manipulate,
compose, and analyze GIF images.")
@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ more modular, simple, and flexible.")
(home-page "http://linuxbrit.co.uk/software/") ; no real home-page
(synopsis "Wrapper library for imlib2")
(description
"giblib is a simple library which wraps imlib2's context API, avoiding
"Giblib is a simple library which wraps imlib2's context API, avoiding
all the context_get/set calls, adds fontstyles to the truetype renderer and
supplies a generic doubly-linked list and some string functions.")
;; This license removes a clause about X Consortium from the original

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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("perl" ,perl)))
(home-page "http://www.irssi.org/")
(synopsis "Irssi, a terminal-based IRC client")
(synopsis "Terminal-based IRC client")
(description
"Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports
SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.")

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@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
(arguments
`(#:tests? #f)) ; no check target
(home-page "http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Automoc4")
(synopsis "build tool for KDE")
(description "KDE desktop environment")
(synopsis "Build tool for KDE")
(description "AutoMoc4 automatically generates moc-files for KDE.")
(license bsd-2)))
(define-public phonon

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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
(synopsis "Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons")
(description
"libdaemon is a lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX
"Libdaemon is a lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX
daemons. It consists of the following parts:
• A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of

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@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
("which" ,which)
("python" ,python-wrapper)))
(home-page "http://libevent.org/")
(synopsis
"libevent, an event notification library")
(synopsis "Event notification library")
(description
"The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
;; FIXME: No Java and C# libraries are currently built.
(synopsis "Internationalized string processing library")
(description
"libidn is a library implementing of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA
"GNU Libidn is a library implementing of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA
specifications. These are used to encode and decode internationalized domain
names. It includes native C, C# and Java libraries.")
(license lgpl2.1+)

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
"16sz34ix6hw2wwl3kqx6rf26fg210iryr68wc439dc065pffw879"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://www.libusb.org")
(synopsis "Libusb, a user-space USB library")
(synopsis "User-space USB library")
(description
"Libusb is a library that gives applications easy access to USB
devices on various operating systems.")

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@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ at login. Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
(inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
(home-page "http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis
"set of utilities that use the proc filesystem, such as fuser, killall, and pstree")
"Small utilities that use the proc filesystem")
(description
"This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that
use the proc filesystem. We're not about changing the world, but
@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
(home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/")
(synopsis "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
(description
"util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
"Util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
;; Note that util-linux doesn't use the same license for all the
;; code. GPLv2+ is the default license for a code without an
@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
(home-page "http://procps.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Utilities that give information about processes")
(description
"procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities
"Procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities
that give information about processes using the Linux /proc file system.
The package includes the programs ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free,
slabtop, and skill.")
@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr).")
(home-page "https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/")
(synopsis "Library for working with POSIX capabilities")
(description
"libcap2 provides a programming interface to POSIX capabilities on
"Libcap2 provides a programming interface to POSIX capabilities on
Linux-based operating systems.")
;; License is BSD-3 or GPLv2, at the user's choice.
@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ to use Linux' inotify mechanism, which allows file accesses to be monitored.")
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "https://www.kernel.org/")
(synopsis "Kernel module tools")
(description "kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux
(description "Kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux
kernel modules like insert, remove, list, check properties, resolve
dependencies and aliases.
@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats.")
(home-page "http://www.lm-sensors.org/")
(synopsis "Utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors")
(description
"lm-sensors is a hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It allows
"Lm-sensors is a hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It allows
you to access information from temperature, voltage, and fan speed sensors.
It works with most newer systems.")
(license gpl2+)))
@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ It works with most newer systems.")
(home-page "http://www.linuxhardware.org/xsensors/")
(synopsis "Hardware health information viewer")
(description
"xsensors reads data from the libsensors library regarding hardware
"Xsensors reads data from the libsensors library regarding hardware
health such as temperature, voltage and fan speed and displays the information
in a digital read-out.")
(license gpl2+)))

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'install 'install-doc
,doc-phase
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "Lout, a document layout system similar in style to LaTeX")
(synopsis "Document layout system")
(description
"The Lout document formatting system is now reads a high-level description of
"The Lout document formatting system reads a high-level description of
a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript or plain text
output file.

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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
(copy-file "lsof.8" (string-append out "/share/man/man8/lsof.8"))
))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "lsof displays information about open files")
(synopsis "Display information about open files")
(description
"Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that.
It lists information about files that are open by the processes running

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@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ XTEA, 3WAY, TWOFISH, BLOWFISH, ARCFOUR, WAKE and more.")
(home-page "http://mhash.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Thread-safe hash library")
(description
"mhash is a thread-safe hash library, implemented in C, and provides a
"Mhash is a thread-safe hash library, implemented in C, and provides a
uniform interface to a large number of hash algorithms. These algorithms can
be used to compute checksums, message digests, and other signatures. The HMAC
support implements the basics for message authentication, following RFC 2104.

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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
;; remove option that is not supported by gcc any more
(substitute* "configure" ((" -fforce-mem") "")))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "libmad, an MPEG audio decoder")
(synopsis "MPEG audio decoder")
(description
"MAD (MPEG Audio Decoder) supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to
lower sampling frequencies, as well as the de facto MPEG 2.5 format.
@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ This package contains the library.")
"0lb1w883dc46dajbdvnia5870brl5lvnlk7g7y58y9wpg5p4znk3"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(synopsis "libid3tag, a library for reading ID3 tags")
(synopsis "Library for reading ID3 tags")
(description
"libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
"Libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
versions of ID3v2")
(license license:gpl2+)
(home-page "http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/")))
@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ versions of ID3v2")
(substitute* "examples/test_io.cpp"
(("dami;") "dami;\nusing namespace std;")))
%standard-phases)))
(synopsis "a library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags")
(synopsis "Library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags")
(description
"id3lib is a cross-platform software development library for reading,
"Id3lib is a cross-platform software development library for reading,
writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It is an on-going project
whose primary goals are full compliance with the ID3v2 standard, portability
across several platforms, and providing a powerful and feature-rich API with
@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ a highly stable and efficient implementation.")
("pcre" ,pcre)))
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(synopsis "libmp3splt, a library for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(synopsis "Library for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(description
"Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ This package contains the library.")
"106dnka56prlc9nsfh300f8841am2lmkwlzgl9lkr25mgnc35wwh"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("libmp3splt" ,libmp3splt)))
(synopsis "mp3splt, a utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(synopsis "Utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(description
"Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ This package contains the binary.")
(home-page "http://www.mpg123.org/")
(synopsis "Console MP3 player and decoder library")
(description
"mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers
"Mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers
1,2 and 3 (MPEG 1.0 layer 3 aka MP3 most commonly tested). It comes with a
command-line tool as well as a C library, libmpg123.")
(license license:lgpl2.1)))
@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ command-line tool as well as a C library, libmpg123.")
("libao" ,ao)))
(home-page "http://mpg321.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Command-line MP3 player")
(description "mpg321 is a command-line mp3 player. mpg321 is used for
(description "Mpg321 is a command-line mp3 player. mpg321 is used for
frontends, as an mp3 player and as an mp3 to wave file decoder (primarily for
use with CD-recording software).")
(license license:gpl2)))
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ use with CD-recording software).")
(synopsis "GTK program to rip and encode CD audio tracks")
(description
"RipperX is a GTK program to rip CD audio tracks and encode them to the
Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. It's goal is to be easy to use, requiring only
Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. Its goal is to be easy to use, requiring only
a few mouse clicks to convert an entire album. It supports CDDB lookups
for album and track information.")
(license license:gpl2)
@ -349,6 +349,6 @@ format.")
(home-page "http://mpc123.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Audio player for Musepack-formatted files")
(description
"mpc123 is a command-line player for files in the Musepack audio
"Mpc123 is a command-line player for files in the Musepack audio
compression format (.mpc files.)")
(license license:gpl2+)))

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(for-each delete-file
'("config_template" "pkginfo" "README" "VERSION")))))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "Netpbm, a toolkit for manipulation of images")
(synopsis "Toolkit for manipulation of images")
(description
"Netpbm is a toolkit for the manipulation of graphic images, including
the conversion of images between a variety of different formats.

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(home-page "http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/")
(synopsis "Literate programming tool")
(description
"noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while
"Noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while
remaining as simple as possible. Its primary advantages are simplicity,
extensibility, and language-independence—especially noticeable when compared
with other literate-programming tools. noweb uses 5 control sequences to

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@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
(("/bin/rm")
"rm"))))
%standard-phases))))
(synopsis "OpenSSL, an SSL/TLS implementation")
(synopsis "SSL/TLS implementation")
(description
"OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS")
(license license:openssl)

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@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
"--enable-pcregrep-libz"
"--enable-pcregrep-libbz2"
"--enable-pcretest-libreadline")))
(synopsis "PCRE, Perl Compatible Regular Expressions")
(synopsis "Perl Compatible Regular Expressions")
(description
"The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its

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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
#:configure-flags
'("--enable-xpdf-headers" ; to install header files
"--enable-zlib")))
(synopsis "Poppler, a pdf rendering library")
(synopsis "PDF rendering library")
(description
"Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.")
(license license:gpl2+)

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@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
"share/pkgconfig")))))
(home-page "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config")
(license gpl2+)
(synopsis "a helper tool used when compiling applications and
libraries")
(synopsis "Helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries")
(description
"pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and
libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the

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(directories '("lib/python2.7/site-packages")))))
(home-page "http://python.org")
(synopsis
"Python, a high-level dynamically-typed programming language")
"High-level, dynamically-typed programming language")
(description
"Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
is used in a wide variety of application domains. Some of its key
@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ datetime module, available in Python 2.3+.")
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal")
(synopsis
"tzinfo object for the local timezone")
"Local timezone information for Python")
(description
"Tzlocal returns a tzinfo object with the local timezone information.
This module attempts to fix a glaring hole in pytz, that there is no way to
@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ Python 3.3+.")
(home-page "https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/")
(synopsis "GUI test tool and automation framework written in ​Python")
(description
"dogtail is a GUI test tool and automation framework written in Python.
"Dogtail is a GUI test tool and automation framework written in Python.
It uses Accessibility (a11y) technologies to communicate with desktop
applications. dogtail scripts are written in Python and executed like any
other Python program.")

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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
(native-inputs
`(("bison" ,bison)))
(home-page "http://xkbcommon.org/")
(synopsis "library to handle keyboard descriptions")
(synopsis "Library to handle keyboard descriptions")
(description "Xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions,
including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their
state. It is mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other

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@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
("acl" ,acl)))
(synopsis "rsync, a remote (and local) file copying tool")
(synopsis "Remote (and local) file copying tool")
(description
"rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
"Rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon.
Its delta-transfer algorithm reduces the amount of data sent over the network
by sending only the differences between the source files and the existing

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@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ features an integrated Emacs-like editor and a large runtime library.")
(propagated-inputs
`(("gmp" ,gmp))) ; bigloo.h refers to gmp.h
(home-page "http://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/")
(synopsis "Bigloo, an efficient Scheme compiler")
(synopsis "Efficient Scheme compiler")
(description
"Bigloo is a Scheme implementation devoted to one goal: enabling
Scheme based programming style where C(++) is usually

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
(home-page "http://linuxbrit.co.uk/software/")
(synopsis "Command-line screen capture utility for X Window System")
(description
"scrot allows to save a screenshot of a full screen, a window or a part
"Scrot allows to save a screenshot of a full screen, a window or a part
of the screen selected by mouse.")
;; This license removes a clause about X Consortium from the original
;; X11 license.

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@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ remote applications.")
(propagated-inputs `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(arguments '(#:configure-flags `("--with-libgcrypt")))
(synopsis "libssh2, a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol")
(synopsis "Client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol")
(description
"libssh2 is a library intended to allow software developers access to
the SSH-2 protocol in an easy-to-use self-contained package. It can be built
@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
;; install without host keys and system configuration files
(zero? (apply system* "make" "install-nosysconf" make-flags)))
%standard-phases)))))
(synopsis "OpenSSH, a client and server for the secure shell (ssh) protocol")
(synopsis "Client and server for the secure shell (ssh) protocol")
(description
"The SSH2 protocol implemented in OpenSSH is standardised by the
IETF secsh working group and is specified in several RFCs and drafts.

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@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
(("^// TODO sc.*") "#include <sys/types.h>\n#include <sys/stat.h>\n")))
%standard-phases)))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "(u)Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
(synopsis "Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
(description "GNU Common C++ is an portable, optimized class framework for
threaded applications, supporting concurrent synchronization, inter-process
communications via sockets, and various methods for data handling, such as
@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ reimplementation.")
(sha256 (base32
"0hpwxiyd7c3qnzksk6vw94cdig1v8yy6khgcaa87a7hb3zbkv4zg"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "(u)Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
(description "GNU Common C++ is an portable, optimized class framework for
threaded applications, supporting concurrent synchronization, inter-process
communications via sockets, and various methods for data handling, such as
serialization and XML parsing. It includes the uCommon C++ library, a smaller
reimplementation.")
(synopsis "Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
(description "GNU uCommon C++ is meant as a very light-weight C++ library
to facilitate using C++ design patterns even for very deeply embedded
applications, such as for systems using uclibc along with posix threading
support.")
(license gpl2+) ; plus runtime exception
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp")))

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@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ world.")
("python" ,python-2) ; incompatible with Python 3 (print syntax)
("which" ,which)))
(home-page "https://launchpad.net/rubber")
(synopsis "Rubber, a wrapper for LaTeX and friends")
(synopsis "Wrapper for LaTeX and friends")
(description
"Rubber is a program whose purpose is to handle all tasks related to the
compilation of LaTeX documents. This includes compiling the document itself,

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@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ property manipulation.")
("sqlite" ,sqlite)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(home-page "http://subversion.apache.org/")
(synopsis "Subversion, a revision control system")
(synopsis "Revision control system")
(description
"Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as a
centralized version control system characterized by its
@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ standards-compliant ChangeLog entries based on the changes that it detects.")
(home-page "http://invisible-island.net/diffstat/")
(synopsis "Make histograms from the output of 'diff'")
(description
"diffstat reads the output of 'diff' and displays a histogram of the
"Diffstat reads the output of 'diff' and displays a histogram of the
insertions, deletions, and modifications per-file. It is useful for reviewing
large, complex patch files.")
(license (x11-style "file://COPYING"))))

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@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX
systems.
Vim is often called a \"programmer's editor,\" and so useful for programming
that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim
is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing
that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though.
Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing
configuration files.")
(license license:vim)))

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@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
("perl" ,perl)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://w3m.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "w3m, a text-mode web browser")
(synopsis "Text-mode web browser")
(description
"w3m is a text-based web browser as well as a pager like 'more' or
'less'. With w3m you can browse web pages through a terminal emulator

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@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
(description
"The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development
effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and
freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project
is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the
Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its
related documentation.")
freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The
project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world,
using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server
and its related documentation.")
(license l:asl2.0)
(home-page "https://httpd.apache.org/")))
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.")
("openssl" ,openssl)))
(synopsis "WebSockets library written in C")
(description
"libwebsockets is a library that allows C programs to establish client
"Libwebsockets is a library that allows C programs to establish client
and server WebSockets connections---a protocol layered above HTTP that allows
for efficient socket-like bidirectional reliable communication channels.")
(home-page "http://libwebsockets.org/")
@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ Encode::decode(locale => $string).")
simple and consistent application programming interface to the
World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is to provide classes
and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also
contain modules that are of more general use and even classes that
contains modules that are of more general use and even classes that
help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl/")))
@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append
"http://www.samba.org/~obnox/" name "/download/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
"http://www.samba.org/~obnox/" name "/download/"
name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
(sha256
(base32
"0vl9igw7vm924rs6d6bkib7zfclxnlf9s8rmml1sfwj7xda9nmdy"))))

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@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
(inputs `(("tk" ,tk)
("tcl" ,tcl)))
(home-page "http://wordnet.princeton.edu/")
(synopsis
"WordNet, a lexical database for the English language")
(synopsis "Lexical database for the English language")
(description
"WordNet® is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms

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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
(base32
"16z74q422jmprhyvy7c9x909li8cqzmvzyr8cgbm52xcsp6pqs1z"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "libogg, a library for manipulating the ogg multimedia format")
(synopsis "Library for manipulating the ogg multimedia format")
(description
"The libogg library allows to manipulate the ogg multimedia container
format, which encapsulates raw compressed data and allows the interleaving of
@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ periodic timestamps for seeking.")
(version "1.3.4")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-"
version ".tar.xz"))
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/"
"libvorbis-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0wpk87jnhngcl3nc5i39flkycx1sjzilx8jjx4zc4p8r55ylj19g"))))
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ periodic timestamps for seeking.")
(propagated-inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)))
(arguments `(#:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-lm")
#:parallel-tests? #f))
(synopsis "libvorbis, a library implementing the vorbis audio format")
(synopsis "Library implementing the vorbis audio format")
(description
"The libvorbis library implements the ogg vorbis audio format,
a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose
@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to
(version "1.1.1")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-"
version ".tar.xz"))
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/"
"libtheora-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0q8wark9ribij57dciym5vdikg2464p8q2mgqvfb78ksjh4s8vgk"))
@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ OpenBSD's sndio.")
"/share/man"))))
;; FIXME: configure also looks for xmms, input could be added once it exists
(inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)))
(synopsis "flac free lossless audio codec")
(synopsis "Free lossless audio codec")
(description
"FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format that is lossless,
meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.")
@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.")
("libpng" ,libpng)
("python" ,python-wrapper)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(synopsis "kate, a karaoke and text codec for embedding in ogg")
(synopsis "Karaoke and text codec for embedding in ogg")
(description
"Kate is an overlay codec, originally designed for karaoke and text,
that can be multiplixed in Ogg. Text and images can be carried by a Kate
@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ Kate stream.")
(version "1.4.0")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/vorbis-tools-"
version ".tar.gz"))
(uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/"
"vorbis-tools-" version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"1g12bnh5ah08v529y72kfdz5lhvy75iaz7f9jskyby23m9dkk2d3"))))
@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Kate stream.")
("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("speex" ,speex)))
(synopsis "ogg vorbis tools")
(synopsis "Ogg vorbis tools")
(description
"Ogg vorbis is a non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free,
general-purpose compressed audio format.
@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ ogginfo, to obtain information (tags, bitrate, length, etc.) about
(base32
"158xprn2086arvdib3vbbygz7z6jqkw2nci7nlywzzwallap0wmr"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "highly versatile audio codec")
(synopsis "Versatile audio codec")
(description
"Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus
is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet,

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"10ib8bpar2pl68aqksfinvfmqknwnk7i35ibq6yjl8dpb0cxj9dd"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://www.xmlsoft.org/")
(synopsis "libxml2, a C parser for XML")
(synopsis "C parser for XML")
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
("python" ,python-2))) ; incompatible with Python 3 (print syntax)
@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).")
"13029baw9kkyjgr7q3jccw2mz38amq7mmpr5p3bh775qawd1bisz"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/index.html")
(synopsis "libxslt, a C library for applying XSLT stylesheets to XML documents")
(synopsis "C library for applying XSLT stylesheets to XML documents")
(inputs `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
("libxml2" ,libxml2)
("python" ,python-wrapper)

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
("help2man" ,help2man)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/")
(synopsis "Zile is lossy Emacs, a lightweight Emacs clone")
(synopsis "Lightweight Emacs clone")
(description
"GNU Zile is a lightweight Emacs clone. It usage is similar to the
default Emacs configuration, but it carries a much lighter feature set.")

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@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
(zero? (apply system* "make" "generic_gcc" make-flags)))
(alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases))))
(home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html")
(synopsis "Zip compression and file packing utility")
(synopsis "Compression and file packing utility")
(description
"Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility. Zip is useful
for packaging a set of files for distribution, for archiving files, and for
@ -95,15 +95,15 @@ Compression ratios of 2:1 to 3:1 are common for text files.")
(("/man/") "/share/man/"))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html")
(synopsis "Unzip decompression and file extraction utility")
(synopsis "Decompression and file extraction utility")
(description
"UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format
(also called \"zipfiles\").
"UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format,
also called \"zipfiles\".
UnZip lists, tests, or extracts files from a .zip archive. The default
behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory
(and subdirectories below it) all files from the specified zipfile.
UnZip recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory, and
subdirectories below it, all files from the specified zipfile. UnZip
recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
"See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ UnZip recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
(arguments
`(#:parallel-tests? #f)) ; since test files are created on the fly
(home-page "http://zziplib.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "zziplib, a library for accessing zip files")
(synopsis "Library for accessing zip files")
(description
"zziplib is a library based on zlib for accessing zip files.")
"ZZipLib is a library based on zlib for accessing zip files.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))