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%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