From dc1256ca67956c099953d5800445b333eb75be89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard W.M. Jones Date: Apr 15 2014 13:10:36 +0000 Subject: Fix the description. It was hard to read and actually contained several mistakes. --- diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec index 559b4ec..5b07440 100644 --- a/libguestfs.spec +++ b/libguestfs.spec @@ -169,60 +169,53 @@ Conflicts: libguestfs-winsupport %description -Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying guest disk images. -Amongst the things this is good for: making batch configuration -changes to guests, getting disk used/free statistics (see also: -virt-df), migrating between virtualization systems (see also: -virt-p2v), performing partial backups, performing partial guest -clones, cloning guests and changing registry/UUID/hostname info, and -much else besides. +Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying virtual machine +disk images. http://libguestfs.org + +It can be used to make batch configuration changes to guests, get +disk used/free statistics (virt-df), migrate between hypervisors +(virt-p2v, virt-v2v), perform backups and guest clones, change +registry/UUID/hostname info, build guests from scratch (virt-builder) +and much more. Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of guest filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited to: ext2/3/4, btrfs, FAT and NTFS, LVM, many different disk partition schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk. -Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions, -LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands -in the context of the guest. - -Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management -programs. - -For high level virt tools, guestfish (shell scripting and command line -access), and guestmount (mount guest filesystems using FUSE), install -'%{name}-tools'. - -For shell scripting and command line access, install 'guestfish'. - -To mount guest filesystems on the host using FUSE, install -'%{name}-mount'. - -For extra features, install 'libguestfs-gfs2', 'libguestfs-hfsplus', -'libguestfs-jfs', 'libguestfs-nilfs', 'libguestfs-reiserfs', -'libguestfs-rescue', 'libguestfs-rsync', 'libguestfs-xfs', -'libguestfs-zfs'. - -For Erlang bindings, install 'erlang-libguestfs'. - -For GObject bindings and GObject Introspection, install -'libguestfs-gobject-devel'. - -For Golang bindings, install 'golang-guestfs'. - -For Java bindings, install 'libguestfs-java-devel'. - -For Lua bindings, install 'lua-guestfs' - -For OCaml bindings, install 'ocaml-libguestfs-devel'. - -For Perl bindings, install 'perl-Sys-Guestfs'. - -For PHP bindings, install 'php-libguestfs'. - -For Python bindings, install 'python-libguestfs'. - -For Ruby bindings, install 'ruby-libguestfs'. +Libguestfs for Fedora is split into several subpackages. The basic +subpackages are: + + libguestfs C library + libguestfs-tools virt-* tools, guestfish and guestmount (FUSE) + libguestfs-tools-c only the subset of virt tools written in C + (for reduced dependencies) + +For enhanced features, install: + + libguestfs-gfs2 adds Global Filesystem (GFS2) support + libguestfs-hfsplus adds HFS+ (Mac filesystem) support + libguestfs-jfs adds JFS support + libguestfs-nilfs adds NILFS v2 support + libguestfs-reiserfs adds ReiserFS support + libguestfs-rescue enhances virt-rescue shell with more tools + libguestfs-rsync rsync to/from guest filesystems + libguestfs-xfs adds XFS support + libguestfs-zfs adds ZFS support + +Language bindings: + + libguestfs-devel C/C++ header files and library + erlang-libguestfs Erlang bindings + libguestfs-gobject-devel GObject bindings and GObject Introspection + golang-guestfs Go language bindings + libguestfs-java-devel Java bindings + lua-guestfs Lua bindings + ocaml-libguestfs-devel OCaml bindings + perl-Sys-Guestfs Perl bindings + php-libguestfs PHP bindings + python-libguestfs Python bindings + ruby-libguestfs Ruby bindings %package devel