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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2009-09-08 15:26:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2009-09-08 17:08:17 -0400 |
| commit | efd9f3b09c8bfa22aab145c2207fe670e2d148cf (patch) | |
| tree | ddfb019fb739b0fc12ef9feee3cb4362432d9e79 /systemtap.spec | |
| parent | 97f8355dd72378d4fb6e8cb8cbb4fe160a21ddec (diff) | |
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documentation: tweak package description strings for -client / -server pkgs
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diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec index 0241df4f..30791061 100644 --- a/systemtap.spec +++ b/systemtap.spec @@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ Requires: avahi avahi-tools nss nss-tools mktemp Requires: zip unzip %description client -SystemTap client is the client component of an instrumentation -system for systems running Linux 2.6. Developers can write -instrumentation to collect data on the operation of the system. +This is the remote script compilation client component of systemtap. +It relies on a nearby compilation server to translate systemtap +scripts to kernel objects, so a client workstation only needs the +runtime, and not the compiler/etc toolchain. %package server Summary: Instrumentation System Server @@ -114,9 +115,9 @@ Requires: avahi avahi-tools nss nss-tools mktemp Requires: zip unzip %description server -SystemTap server is the server component of an instrumentation -system for systems running Linux 2.6. Developers can write -instrumentation to collect data on the operation of the system. +This is the remote script compilation server component of systemtap. +It announces itself to local clients with avahi, and compiles systemtap +scripts to kernel objects on their demand. %package sdt-devel Summary: Static probe support tools |