From e71324117c02b67391b3579ca5a6f211152b0134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmmv Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:55:27 +0000 Subject: Improve description, patch provided in PR pkg/19761 by reed@reedmedia.net. --- devel/binutils/DESCR | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'devel/binutils') diff --git a/devel/binutils/DESCR b/devel/binutils/DESCR index 8f2ff4cd091..fbb0fd2975b 100644 --- a/devel/binutils/DESCR +++ b/devel/binutils/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ -This package contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers, -debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and -documentation. +The GNU binutils package contains essential tools to assemble, link and +manipulate binary and object files. They are often used with a compiler +and additional libraries for building software. + +It includes the GNU linker, the portable GNU assembler, ar for modifying +archives (such as libraries), nm for listing symbols from object files, +objdump for displaying object file information, ranlib for generating +archive indexes, size for listing sections sizers of object files, +strings for outputing the printable characters in files, strip for +stripping out symbols (like debugging information) from object files, +and other tools. -- cgit v1.2.3