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author | rodent <rodent@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
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committer | rodent <rodent@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
commit | 4f59818ca397a0a8ad8c34ad79350bc491cfbf3b (patch) | |
tree | 79de035a23bbb285c8713b492fa4fa499634f7f8 /sysutils | |
parent | 5d6863fbd2e22843934a2ea9139fc1ad3ddb77f7 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-4f59818ca397a0a8ad8c34ad79350bc491cfbf3b.tar.gz |
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-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/agedu/DESCR | 46 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/bup/DESCR | 63 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/gkrellm-server/DESCR | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/gkrellm-share/DESCR | 51 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/heirloom-doc/DESCR.common | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/xenkernel41/DESCR | 15 |
6 files changed, 98 insertions, 134 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/agedu/DESCR b/sysutils/agedu/DESCR index cd7823b2a44..ed74862ddf6 100644 --- a/sysutils/agedu/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/agedu/DESCR @@ -1,30 +1,24 @@ -Suppose you're running low on disk space. You need to free some -up, by finding something that's a waste of space and deleting it -(or moving it to an archive medium). How do you find the right -stuff to delete, that saves you the maximum space at the cost of -minimum inconvenience? +Suppose you're running low on disk space. You need to free some up, by finding +something that's a waste of space and deleting it (or moving it to an archive +medium). How do you find the right stuff to delete, that saves you the maximum +space at the cost of minimum inconvenience? -Unix provides the standard du utility, which scans your disk and -tells you which directories contain the largest amounts of data. -That can help you narrow your search to the things most worth -deleting. +Unix provides the standard du utility, which scans your disk and tells you which +directories contain the largest amounts of data. That can help you narrow your +search to the things most worth deleting. -However, that only tells you what's big. What you really want to -know is what's too big. By itself, du won't let you distinguish -between data that's big because you're doing something that needs -it to be big, and data that's big because you unpacked it once and -forgot about it. +However, that only tells you what's big. What you really want to know is what's +too big. By itself, du won't let you distinguish between data that's big because +you're doing something that needs it to be big, and data that's big because you +unpacked it once and forgot about it. -Most Unix file systems, in their default mode, helpfully record -when a file was last accessed. Not just when it was written or -modified, but when it was even read. So if you generated a large -amount of data years ago, forgot to clean it up, and have never -used it since, then it ought in principle to be possible to use -those last-access time stamps to tell the difference between that -and a large amount of data you're still using regularly. +Most Unix file systems, in their default mode, helpfully record when a file was +last accessed. Not just when it was written or modified, but when it was even +read. So if you generated a large amount of data years ago, forgot to clean it +up, and have never used it since, then it ought in principle to be possible to +use those last-access time stamps to tell the difference between that and a +large amount of data you're still using regularly. -agedu is a program which does this. It does basically the same sort -of disk scan as du, but it also records the last-access times of -everything it scans. Then it builds an index that lets it efficiently -generate reports giving a summary of the results for each subdirectory, -and then it produces those reports on demand. +agedu does same disk scan as du, but also records the last-access times of +everything. Then it builds an index that lets it efficiently generate reports +giving a summary of the results for each subdirectory. diff --git a/sysutils/bup/DESCR b/sysutils/bup/DESCR index 5512feb9597..69824b2d487 100644 --- a/sysutils/bup/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/bup/DESCR @@ -1,41 +1,22 @@ -bup is a program that backs things up. bup has a few advantages -over other backup software: - -It uses a rolling checksum algorithm (similar to rsync) to split -large files into chunks. The most useful result of this is you can -backup huge virtual machine (VM) disk images, databases, and XML -files incrementally, even though they're typically all in one huge -file, and not use tons of disk space for multiple versions. - -It uses the packfile format from git (the open source version -control system), so you can access the stored data even if you -don't like bup's user interface. - -Unlike git, it writes packfiles directly (instead of having a -separate garbage collection / repacking stage) so it's fast even -with gratuitously huge amounts of data. bup's improved index formats -also allow you to track far more filenames than git (millions) and -keep track of far more objects (hundreds or thousands of gigabytes). - -Data is "automagically" shared between incremental backups without -having to know which backup is based on which other one - even if -the backups are made from two different computers that don't even -know about each other. You just tell bup to back stuff up, and it -saves only the minimum amount of data needed. - -You can back up directly to a remote bup server, without needing -tons of temporary disk space on the computer being backed up. And -if your backup is interrupted halfway through, the next run will -pick up where you left off. And it's easy to set up a bup server: -just install bup on any machine where you have ssh access. - -Bup can use "par2" redundancy to recover corrupted backups even if -your disk has undetected bad sectors. - -Even when a backup is incremental, you don't have to worry about -restoring the full backup, then each of the incrementals in turn; -an incremental backup acts as if it's a full backup, it just takes -less disk space. - -You can mount your bup repository as a FUSE filesystem and access -the content that way, and even export it over Samba. +bup is a program that backs things up. bup has a few advantages over other +backup software: + +It uses a rolling checksum algorithm (similar to rsync) to split large files +into chunks. The most useful result of this is you can backup huge virtual +machine (VM) disk images, databases, and XML files incrementally, even though +they're typically all in one huge file, and not use tons of disk space for +multiple versions. + +It uses the packfile format from git (the open source version control system), +so you can access the stored data even if you don't like bup's user interface. + +Unlike git, it writes packfiles directly (instead of having a separate garbage +collection/repacking stage) so it's fast even with gratuitously huge amounts of +data. bup's improved index formats also allow you to track far more filenames +than git (millions) and keep track of far more objects (hundreds or thousands of +gigabytes). + +Data is "automagically" shared between incremental backups without having to +know which backup is based on which other one - even if the backups are made +from two different computers that don't even know about each other. You just +tell bup to back stuff up, and it saves only the minimum amount of data needed. diff --git a/sysutils/gkrellm-server/DESCR b/sysutils/gkrellm-server/DESCR index 094dfd3f201..0928bcb7742 100644 --- a/sysutils/gkrellm-server/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/gkrellm-server/DESCR @@ -1,28 +1,24 @@ With a single process, GKrellM manages multiple stacked monitors and supports -applying themes to match the monitors appearance to your window manager, -Gtk, or any other theme. - - * SMP CPU, Disk, Proc, and active net interface monitors with LEDs. - * Internet monitor that displays current and charts historical port hits - - * Memory and swap space usage meters and a system uptime monitor. - * File system meters show capacity/free space and can mount/umount. - * A mailbox monitor which can launch mail reader, remote mail fetch. - * Clock/calendar and hostname display. - * APM laptop battery monitor. - * CPU/motherboard temperature display if lm_sensors modules installed. - - * Multiple monitors managed by a single process to reduce system load. - * A timer button that can execute PPP or ISDN logon/logoff scripts. - * Charts are autoscaling with configurable grid line resolution, or - can be set to a fixed scale mode. - * Separate colors for "in" and "out" data. The in color is used for - CPU user time, disk read, forks, and net receive data. The out color - is used for CPU sys time, disk write, load, and net transmit data. - * Commands can be configured to run when monitor labels are clicked. - * GKrellM is plugin capable so special interest monitors can be created. - * A different theme can be created with the GIMP. - -The gkrellm2-server package installs the monitoring part of GKrellM, which -can be made to run as a daemon to be polled over the network by the GKrellM -client as found in the gkrellm2 package. +applying themes to match the monitors appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or +any other theme. + * SMP CPU, Disk, Proc, and active net interface monitors with LEDs. + * Internet monitor that displays current and charts historical port hits + * Memory and swap space usage meters and a system uptime monitor. + * File system meters show capacity/free space and can mount/umount. + * A mailbox monitor which can launch mail reader, remote mail fetch. + * Clock/calendar and hostname display. + * APM laptop battery monitor. + * CPU/motherboard temperature display if lm_sensors modules installed. + * Multiple monitors managed by a single process to reduce system load. + * A timer button that can execute PPP or ISDN logon/logoff scripts. + * Charts are autoscaling with configurable grid line resolution, or can be set + to a fixed scale mode. + * Separate colors for "in" and "out" data. The in color is used for CPU user + time, disk read, forks, and net receive data. The out color is used for CPU + sys time, disk write, load, and net transmit data. + * Commands can be configured to run when monitor labels are clicked. + * GKrellM is plugin capable so special interest monitors can be created. + * A different theme can be created with the GIMP. +The gkrellm2-server package installs the monitoring part of GKrellM, which can +be made to run as a daemon to be polled over the network by the GKrellM client +as found in the gkrellm2 package. diff --git a/sysutils/gkrellm-share/DESCR b/sysutils/gkrellm-share/DESCR index 9a5cc549218..4414758d43b 100644 --- a/sysutils/gkrellm-share/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/gkrellm-share/DESCR @@ -1,29 +1,24 @@ With a single process, GKrellM manages multiple stacked monitors and supports -applying themes to match the monitors appearance to your window manager, -Gtk, or any other theme. - - * SMP CPU, Disk, Proc, and active net interface monitors with LEDs. - * Internet monitor that displays current and charts historical port hits - - * Memory and swap space usage meters and a system uptime monitor. - * File system meters show capacity/free space and can mount/umount. - * A mailbox monitor which can launch mail reader, remote mail fetch. - * Clock/calendar and hostname display. - * APM laptop battery monitor. - * CPU/motherboard temperature display if lm_sensors modules installed. - - * Multiple monitors managed by a single process to reduce system load. - * A timer button that can execute PPP or ISDN logon/logoff scripts. - * Charts are autoscaling with configurable grid line resolution, or - can be set to a fixed scale mode. - * Separate colors for "in" and "out" data. The in color is used for - CPU user time, disk read, forks, and net receive data. The out color - is used for CPU sys time, disk write, load, and net transmit data. - * Commands can be configured to run when monitor labels are clicked. - * GKrellM is plugin capable so special interest monitors can be created. - * A different theme can be created with the GIMP. - -GKrellM can either monitor the host it is running on or poll a server -over the network. Both packages, gkrellm2 and gkrellm2-server, share a -certain amount of data, notably i18n files which are included in the -gkrellm2-share package. +applying themes to match the monitors appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or +any other theme. + * SMP CPU, Disk, Proc, and active net interface monitors with LEDs. + * Internet monitor that displays current and charts historical port hits + * Memory and swap space usage meters and a system uptime monitor. + * File system meters show capacity/free space and can mount/umount. + * A mailbox monitor which can launch mail reader, remote mail fetch. + * Clock/calendar and hostname display. + * APM laptop battery monitor. + * CPU/motherboard temperature display if lm_sensors modules installed. + * Multiple monitors managed by a single process to reduce system load. + * A timer button that can execute PPP or ISDN logon/logoff scripts. + * Charts are autoscaling with configurable grid line resolution, or can be set + to a fixed scale mode. + * Separate colors for "in" and "out" data. The in color is used for CPU user + time, disk read, forks, and net receive data. The out color is used for CPU + sys time, disk write, load, and net transmit data. + * Commands can be configured to run when monitor labels are clicked. + * GKrellM is plugin capable so special interest monitors can be created. + * A different theme can be created with the GIMP. +GKrellM can either monitor the host it is running on or poll a server over the +network. Both packages, gkrellm2 and gkrellm2-server, share a certain amount of +data, notably i18n files which are included in the gkrellm2-share package. diff --git a/sysutils/heirloom-doc/DESCR.common b/sysutils/heirloom-doc/DESCR.common index 6157bca6b3f..0f85df7717c 100644 --- a/sysutils/heirloom-doc/DESCR.common +++ b/sysutils/heirloom-doc/DESCR.common @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -The Heirloom Project provides traditional implementations of standard -Unix utilities. In many cases, they have been derived from original -Unix material released as Open Source by Caldera and Sun. - +The Heirloom Project provides traditional implementations of standard Unix +utilities. In many cases, they have been derived from original Unix material +released as Open Source by Caldera and Sun. diff --git a/sysutils/xenkernel41/DESCR b/sysutils/xenkernel41/DESCR index db6df31f21a..a1e45de75cf 100644 --- a/sysutils/xenkernel41/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/xenkernel41/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -Xen is a virtual machine monitor which supports running multiple -guests operating systems on a single machine. Guest OSes (also called "domains") -require a modified kernel which supports Xen hypercalls in replacement -to access to the physical hardware. At boot, the xen kernel is loaded -along with the guest kernel for the first domain (called domain0). -domain0 has privileges to access the physical hardware (PCI -and ISA devices), administrate other domains and provide virtual -devices (disks and network) to other domains. +Xen is a virtual machine monitor which supports running multiple guests +operating systems on a single machine. Guest OSes (also called "domains") +require a modified kernel which supports Xen hypercalls in replacement to access +to the physical hardware. At boot, the xen kernel is loaded along with the guest +kernel for the first domain (called domain0). domain0 has privileges to access +the physical hardware (PCI and ISA devices), administrate other domains and +provide virtual devices (disks and network) to other domains. This package contains the Xen4 kernel itself. |