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# 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+net-tools: still make use of these tools today, they have been largely superseded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: