From 4a986753813019d3fb770afd038f4d294dad5f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:55:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: hosts: Clarify this script only works on a foreign distro. * gnu/packages/admin.scm (hosts)[synopsis, description]: Clarify that this script works only on a foreign distro. --- gnu/packages/admin.scm | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm index 865807a3f2..acae652bb7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm @@ -3979,8 +3979,10 @@ text table representation to stdout.") (install-file "README.md" doc)) #t))) (home-page "https://github.com/xwmx/hosts/") - (synopsis "Bash script for editing @file{/etc/hosts} file") + (synopsis "Script for editing a foreign distro's @file{/etc/hosts} file") (description "Hosts is a command line program for managing -@file{/etc/hosts} entries. @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files -and entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.") +@file{/etc/hosts} entries. On Guix System, @file{/etc/hosts} is managed from +the system configuration; hosts only works when using the Guix package manager +on a foreign distro. @command{hosts} works with existing hosts files and +entries, providing commands to add, remove, comment, and search.") (license license:expat))) -- 2.20.1