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@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>E2fsprogs</para>
+
+ <para>This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
+ and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly
+ tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>Expect</para>
<para>This package contains a program for carrying out scripted
@@ -109,14 +117,6 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>E2fsprogs</para>
-
- <para>This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
- and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly
- tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
<para>File</para>
<para>This package contains a utility for determining the type of a
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>Libpipeline</para>
+
+ <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating
+ pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
+ required by the Man-DB package.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>Libtool</para>
<para>This package contains the GNU generic library support
@@ -334,16 +342,7 @@
by the <application>diff</application> program. It is needed by
the build procedure for several LFS packages.</para>
</listitem>
-<!--
- <listitem>
- <para>PCRE</para>
- <para>This package provides a library that can be used to implement
- regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics
- as Perl 5. It is a mandatory dependency of Glib, and can also be used
- by Grep.</para>
- </listitem>
--->
<listitem>
<para>Perl</para>
@@ -360,14 +359,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Popt</para>
-
- <para>This package is a library used by some programs to parse
- command line inputs.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Procps</para>
+ <para>Procps-NG</para>
<para>This package contains programs for monitoring processes. These
programs are useful for system administration, and are also used by