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| author | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-09-17 16:40:12 +0000 |
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| committer | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-09-17 16:40:12 +0000 |
| commit | 6fbafc115e9f8e9dcf1581df668af06a77656467 (patch) | |
| tree | 11ca480bc60fb01b774fe5a57489f1f16184ade8 /devel/nasm/DESCR | |
| parent | 7c6d577bdf57bef5a5de73e08b7e4d06bffc87c9 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-6fbafc115e9f8e9dcf1581df668af06a77656467.tar.gz | |
Update to 0.98.37 (really, rename nasm-devel to nasm). This version is far
more complete than 0.98, plus homogenizing the package in a single one will
save us from conflicts during bulk builds (and during manual builds too).
Diffstat (limited to 'devel/nasm/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/nasm/DESCR | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/devel/nasm/DESCR b/devel/nasm/DESCR index e80dc9e3531..5db02d290f3 100644 --- a/devel/nasm/DESCR +++ b/devel/nasm/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@ -This is a distribution of NASM, the Netwide Assembler. NASM is a -prototype general-purpose x86 assembler. It will currently output -flat-form binary files, a.out, COFF and ELF Unix object files, -Microsoft Win32 and 16-bit DOS object files, OS/2 object files, the -as86 object format, and a home-grown format called RDF. - -Also included is NDISASM, a prototype x86 binary-file disassembler -which uses the same instruction table as NASM. +The Netwide Assembler, NASM, is an 80x86 assembler designed for portability +and modularity. It supports a range of object file formats, including Linux +a.out and ELF, NetBSD/FreeBSD, COFF, Microsoft 16-bit OBJ and Win32. It will +also output plain binary files. Its syntax is designed to be simple and easy +to understand, similar to Intel's but less complex. |