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From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: Guix-patches <guix-patches <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#34828: [PATCH] bug#34828 gnu: psmisc: Make package description more informative
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:54:45 -0400

This patch is for bug#34828.  It makes the description for psmisc
more informative.

This is one of my first patches submitted to Guix.  Feedback is
appreciated.

Passed:
`guix lint psmisc`
`guix build --rounds=4 psmisc`

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From 95f47eadb05de56a542d1be8f630e5ec4aa81485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:23:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: psmisc: Make package description more informative.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (psmisc):
The content for the description is taken from the psmisc readme.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 311bc6fa5..5365aa97d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois <at> gmx.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Vasile Dumitrascu <va511e <at> yahoo.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Tim Gesthuizen <tim.gesthuizen <at> yahoo.de>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -602,9 +603,21 @@ at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features.")
     (synopsis
      "Small utilities that use the proc file system")
     (description
-     "This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that
-use the proc file system.  We're not about changing the world, but
-providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
+     "A package of small utilities that use the proc file-system.
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+fuser - Identifies processes using files or sockets
+@item
+killall - kills processes by name, e.g. killall -HUP named
+@item
+prtstat - prints statistics of a process
+@item
+pslog - prints log path(s) of a process
+@item
+pstree - shows the currently running processes as a tree
+@item
+peekfd - shows the data travelling over a file descriptor
+@end itemize")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public util-linux
-- 
2.21.0

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