gnu: iptables: Edit synopsis & description.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (iptables)[synopsis, description]: Improve.
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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice 2018-02-21 05:00:09 +01:00
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@ -1111,14 +1111,17 @@ (define-public iptables
#:configure-flags ; add $libdir to the RUNPATH of executables #:configure-flags ; add $libdir to the RUNPATH of executables
(list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=" %output "/lib")))) (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=" %output "/lib"))))
(home-page "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html") (home-page "https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html")
(synopsis "Program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules") (synopsis "Programs to configure Linux IP packet filtering rules")
(description (description
"iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the "@command{iptables} is the user-space command line program used to
Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset (firewall). It is targeted at configure the Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset
system administrators. Since Network Address Translation is also configured (@dfn{firewall}), including @dfn{NAT} (Network Address Translation).
from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too. The iptables
package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6 This package also includes @command{ip6tables}, which is used to configure the
packet filter.") IPv6 packet filter.
Both commands are targeted at system administrators.
")
(license license:gpl2+))) (license license:gpl2+)))
(define-public ebtables (define-public ebtables