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diff --git a/source/n/net-tools/slack-desc b/source/n/net-tools/slack-desc index e49909da3..6aa3f9f86 100644 --- a/source/n/net-tools/slack-desc +++ b/source/n/net-tools/slack-desc @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: -# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' -# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must -# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| -net-tools: net-tools (base Linux networking utilities) +net-tools: net-tools (Linux networking utilities) net-tools: -net-tools: This is the core collection of tools such as "ifconfig" and "route" -net-tools: used to configure networking on Linux. You won't be able to do much -net-tools: networking without this package and the network-scripts. +net-tools: This is a collection of traditional tools such as "ifconfig" and +net-tools: "route" that were used to configure networking on Linux. While you can +net-tools: still make use of these tools today, they have been largely superseded +net-tools: by newer tools such as "ip", "ifrename", and "ethtool". net-tools: net-tools: The net-tools package was maintained for many years by Phil Blundell net-tools: and Bernd Eckenfels. net-tools: net-tools: -net-tools: |