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<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
- <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para>
+ <para>The Tar package provides the ability to create tar archives, as well
+ as various other kinds of manipulation. Tar can be used on
+ previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or
+ to update or list files which were already stored. </para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>