diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index bbf5e0b8048f603255ce946db67f19911f4efbf4..0f5af3f02be0947f075cf28d3526f733921bfcc8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ (define-public stress
"1v9vnzlihqfjsxa93hdbrq72pqqk00dkylmlg8jpxhm7s1w9qfl1"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/stress")
- (synopsis "A tool to impose load on and stress test a computer system")
+ (synopsis "Impose load on and stress test a computer system")
(description
"'stress' is a tool that imposes a configurable amount of CPU, memory, I/O,
or disk stress on a POSIX-compliant operating system and reports any errors it
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 11e8d2bc17bff08127e91c9ede4c08509770a4a5..dbaed6155dae8682f394bf03972e9b296dfd673c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ (define-public lzo
(arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared")))
(home-page "http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo")
(synopsis
- "A data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
+ "Data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
(description
"LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
de-/compression in real-time. This means it favours speed over
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cook.scm b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
index b82c8aae309720d2c963f49be5763d61bddc22c0..c1799e7887826a38c9ecc9da75938cc80b91b02a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ (define-public cook
;; ("inetutils" ,inetutils)
("ed" ,ed)))
(home-page "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook")
- (synopsis "A tool for constructing files")
+ (synopsis "Tool for constructing files")
(description "Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a set of
files to create, and recipes of how to create them. In any non-trivial program
there will be prerequisites to performing the actions necessary to creating
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index d4fc000993e90bfc6676f60f018a2a72ef2b7141..d04a3320ad694bb6e0f8fc3104155e76e457cf28 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ (define (rm-rf dir)
(string-append out "/share/info/mysql.info")))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.mysql.com/")
- (synopsis "A fast, easy to use, and popular database")
+ (synopsis "Fast, easy to use, and popular database")
(description
"MySQL is a fast, reliable, and easy to use relational database
management system that supports the standardized Structured Query
diff --git a/gnu/packages/elf.scm b/gnu/packages/elf.scm
index a9f2ab5351cca9e4b6c0405d51561ff1ec323ead..a63a00f97cd58dbbd837d48c16913d60415650e2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/elf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/elf.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ (define-public libelf
(string-append "--prefix=" out)))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.mr511.de/software/english.html")
- (synopsis "An ELF object file access library")
+ (synopsis "ELF object file access library")
(description "libelf is a C library to access ELF object files.")
(license lgpl2.0+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 76a8cc566f56599f18875b1349d4fcd9491dedea..1a37bef65703e2afcf34c97b7f69645375e894eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2014 Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ (define-public emacs
(define-public emacs-no-x-toolkit
(package (inherit emacs)
+ (location (source-properties->location (current-source-location)))
(name "emacs-no-x-toolkit")
(synopsis "The extensible, customizable, self-documenting text
editor (without an X toolkit)" )
diff --git a/gnu/packages/flex.scm b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
index 9318331f60c5c0cef29ac66aa6f04c352e3a6997..82a2e98d98e0b5e60446a87c1ecf0be714b342cd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/flex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ (define flex
("indent" ,indent))))
(propagated-inputs `(("m4" ,m4)))
(home-page "http://flex.sourceforge.net/")
- (synopsis "A fast lexical analyser generator")
+ (synopsis "Fast lexical analyser generator")
(description
"Flex is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes
called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index d17843ec34ac1cc47b7f88607f1767b23a80f0a8..a67b0a223036e6e7c1b0e4a7e9d69cd51e6b4f61 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ (define-public fontconfig
(string-append "--with-add-fonts="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "gs-fonts")
"/share/fonts"))))
- (synopsis "Fontconfig, a library for configuring and customising font access.")
+ (synopsis "Library for configuring and customizing font access")
(description
"Fontconfig can discover new fonts when installed automatically;
perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts can
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ (define-public t1lib
`(#:tests? #f ; no test target
#:make-flags
'("without_doc")))
- (synopsis "T1lib, a library for generating bitmaps from type 1 fonts.")
+ (synopsis "Library for generating bitmaps from Type 1 fonts")
(description
"T1lib is a library for generating/rasterising bitmaps from Type 1 fonts.
It is based on the code of the X11 rasteriser of the X11 project.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gawk.scm b/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
index 0037419f65d6ae9306352f5b23e6f15dd513aeff..718059e527d10d0c64b69aa672b7a0afecbeee99 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ (define-public gawk
'())))
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/")
- (synopsis "A text scanning and processing language")
+ (synopsis "Text scanning and processing language")
(description
"Gawk is the GNU implementation of Awk, a specialized programming
language for the easy manipulation of formatted text, such as tables of data.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 938c38e670b96a2294dbdec5d946cac2185db510..66888389d4da8f7adcc83fd6a793cea2c4950662 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ (define-public isl
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)))
(home-page "http://isl.gforge.inria.fr/")
(synopsis
- "A library for manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded
-by linear constraints")
+ "Manipulating sets and relations of integer points \
+bounded by linear constraints")
(description
"isl is a library for manipulating sets and relations of integer points
bounded by linear constraints. Supported operations on sets include
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ (define-public cloog
("isl" ,isl)))
(arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--with-isl=system")))
(home-page "http://www.cloog.org/")
- (synopsis "A library to generate code for scanning Z-polyhedra")
+ (synopsis "Library to generate code for scanning Z-polyhedra")
(description
"CLooG is a free software library to generate code for scanning
Z-polyhedra. That is, it finds a code (e.g., in C, FORTRAN...) that
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index f684d24627ecdc9758072819390d1f065abc4619..cf690da25ab54fc066b4706fc7e1fbc0f19c2987 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ (define-public gtkglext
("glib" ,glib "bin")))
(propagated-inputs `(("pangox-compat" ,pangox-compat)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gtkglext")
- (synopsis "OpenGL extension to GTK+.")
+ (synopsis "OpenGL extension to GTK+")
(description "GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK+. It provides
additional GDK objects which support OpenGL rendering in GTK+ and GtkWidget
API add-ons to make GTK+ widgets OpenGL-capable.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libunwind.scm b/gnu/packages/libunwind.scm
index b59adb1cdc4c92a84d22c096c8c415b5f4e8dca7..5e813e55c1da72826276fe059d5db1d75c3ff2c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libunwind.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libunwind.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ (define-public libunwind
;; Report them upstream.
'(#:tests? #f))
(home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind")
- (synopsis
- "A portable and efficient API to determine the call-chain of a program")
+ (synopsis "Determining the call chain of a program")
(description
"The primary goal of this project is to define a portable and efficient C
programming interface (API) to determine the call-chain of a program. The API
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index ff6de2b07741204955b95b52b6172e9737e1a68d..1baf4fdfea15868f1677ae7b09b8a87b2cfe1cb3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ (define-public iproute
(home-page
"http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2")
(synopsis
- "A collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic control in Linux")
+ "Utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic in Linux")
(description
"Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP
networking and traffic with the Linux kernel.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index 065bb46b7e52891edfbaa32dc41ff8d5023cb882..c2edaaf0b2da69f76601b0b1e6e5da5e4eab14c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ (define-public gcl
("texinfo" ,texinfo)
("texlive" ,texlive)))
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl")
- (synopsis "A Common Lisp implementation")
+ (synopsis "Common Lisp implementation")
(description "GCL is an implementation of the Common Lisp language. It
features the ability to compile to native object code and to load native
object code modules directly into its lisp core. It also features a
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lua.scm b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
index 92ffc22c14bd4c4a67c441bd3c6102903acf4549..2bc627a3e456e53c256216c5b35cefe809c19775 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lua.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ (define-public lua
"/share/man/man1")))))
(alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)))))
(home-page "http://www.lua.org/")
- (synopsis "An embeddable scripting language.")
+ (synopsis "Embeddable scripting language")
(description
"Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua
combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index bd279099e2e91309d484d6078496878f755c466c..5f30afe43326b7567c8f88e272df884a0e789a11 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ (define-public petsc
(define-public petsc-complex
(package (inherit petsc)
+ (location (source-properties->location (current-source-location)))
(name "petsc-complex")
(arguments
(substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments petsc)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 634bc7c6bde6628fc7cb7f7d15008db1781ca1d1..0accc5edefc06dc43f5c49efaf0baa716eb32fc6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ (define ncmpc
("libmpdclient" ,libmpdclient)
("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
(native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
- (synopsis "A curses Music Player Daemon client")
+ (synopsis "Curses Music Player Daemon client")
(description "ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a
terminal using ncurses.")
(home-page "http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 73c5f06a9745c7174fed5dd062b19270a0c8b1e0..82331a1d0a869b8e029b16ad6997d8d48f91ee7b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ (define-public xpdf
(string-append gs-fonts "/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript"))
(("#fontFile") "fontFile"))))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "Viewer for pdf files based on the Motif toolkit.")
+ (synopsis "Viewer for PDF files based on the Motif toolkit")
(description
"Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files")
(license license:gpl3) ; or gpl2, but not gpl2+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 3046c3b1e1f2976f5da4af95495cc0cffe40e16a..5195f663949444a5d645e89a2c0f145c14b6ae68 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ (define-public python-pytz
(build-system python-build-system)
(arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; no test target
(home-page "https://launchpad.net/pytz")
- (synopsis "The Python timezone library.")
+ (synopsis "Python timezone library")
(description
"This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations
using Python 2.4 or higher and provides access to the Olson timezone database.")
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ (define-public python-mock
(build-system python-build-system)
(arguments '(#:test-target "check"))
(home-page "http://code.google.com/m/mock/")
- (synopsis "A Python Mocking and Patching Library for Testing")
+ (synopsis "Python mocking and patching library for testing")
(description
"Mock is a library for testing in Python. It allows you to replace parts
of your system under test with mock objects and make assertions about how they
@@ -714,8 +714,7 @@ (define-public python2-pyicu
; linking with libpython3.3m
#:tests? #f)) ; no check target
(home-page "http://pyicu.osafoundation.org/")
- (synopsis
- "Python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API.")
+ (synopsis "Python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API")
(description
"PyICU is a python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API.")
(license x11)))
@@ -987,7 +986,7 @@ (define-public python-mimeparse
'(#:tests? #f)) ; no setup.py test command
(home-page
"https://github.com/dbtsai/python-mimeparse")
- (synopsis "Python library for parsing MIME types.")
+ (synopsis "Python library for parsing MIME types")
(description
"Mimeparse provides basic functions for parsing MIME type names and
matching them against a list of media-ranges.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm b/gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm
index aabd1d330c956ed9bdc3c0cbaef6b80a721c0632..61c68b557f1c4d492148d3d626a9d76b44398eb6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ (define-public ratpoison
`(("perl" ,perl)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/")
- (synopsis "A simple mouse-free tiling window manager")
+ (synopsis "Simple mouse-free tiling window manager")
(description
"Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library
dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no
diff --git a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
index 98a28e79a0e8ab52625fec945f52d914866caaa4..0341d0c011ada963d5dc2e520133ea444738be8d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ (define-public hop
("which" ,which)
("patchelf" ,patchelf)))
(home-page "http://hop.inria.fr/")
- (synopsis "A multi-tier programming language for the Web 2.0")
+ (synopsis "Multi-tier programming language for the Web 2.0")
(description
"HOP is a multi-tier programming language for the Web 2.0 and the
so-called diffuse Web. It is designed for programming interactive web
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 110cf52e1d1faa587008298839e759152def604a..02e9c2902435139e7ad3807904eb4d71da60f19a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ (define libmikmod
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
("libx11" ,libx11)))
- (synopsis "Library for module sound formats.")
+ (synopsis "Library for module sound formats")
(description
"MikMod is able to play a wide range of module formats, as well as
digital sound files. It can take advantage of particular features of your
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index f9805d33165100a292eaf16acab8a6093c925b30..a22468affd35643679cb97dfb3341a0dd2ccf1ff 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ (define-public corkscrew
flags))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.agroman.net/corkscrew")
- (synopsis "A tool for tunneling SSH through HTTP proxies")
+ (synopsis "Tunneling SSH through HTTP proxies")
(description
"Corkscrew allows creating TCP tunnels through HTTP proxies. WARNING:
At the moment only plain text authentication is supported, should you require
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tcl.scm b/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
index 6dfd3b23b914893c9bcb1297879235f3d3b64e77..d7ac10cb16dd937542f101801a756ab6096b497b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ (define-public expect
#:test-target "test"))
(home-page "http://expect.nist.gov/")
- (synopsis
- "A tool for automating interactive applications")
+ (synopsis "Tool for automating interactive applications")
(description
"Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications such as
telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect really makes this
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm b/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
index 04f8139c0c5661ba83b1ccf59d0f250ca3421771..d29087af8174a3848cacf8ebbfe5e25faab2fce3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ (define-public tcsh
(symlink "tcsh" "csh"))))
%standard-phases))))
(home-page "http://www.tcsh.org/")
- (synopsis "A Unix shell based on csh")
+ (synopsis "Unix shell based on csh")
(description
"Tcsh is an enhanced, but completely compatible version of the Berkeley
UNIX C shell (csh). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
index bbfc6cf9bf0b159502ac15b0542d1d943da1c8af..636b56e0dbbdc41d0308b0940180cdc757b28b2c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ (define-public tmux
`(("libevent" ,libevent)
("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
(home-page "http://tmux.sourceforge.net/")
- (synopsis "A terminal multiplexer")
+ (synopsis "Terminal multiplexer")
(description
"tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or
windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index a756ebdba390ed49f260d66be24f99198ebcb92e..bcf8edfb25e07bea9be5d238f8fb3c29710fc953 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ (define-public tor
;; TODO: Recommend `torsocks' since `torify' needs it.
(home-page "http://www.torproject.org/")
- (synopsis "An anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet")
+ (synopsis "Anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet")
(description
"Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed
network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 35659032dd421a7d758666ce4fff008ba1eeab20..d070a8d4dbf4011739089307683c74a5956aa328 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ (define-public expat
"11pblz61zyxh68s5pdcbhc30ha1b2vfjd83aiwfg4vc15x3hadw2"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://www.libexpat.org/")
- (synopsis "A stream-oriented XML parser library written in C")
+ (synopsis "Stream-oriented XML parser library written in C")
(description
"Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a
stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index ce3c4ec2e1c991acd49464f23c7f237507548dbe..d5d4a156189f4400a164fda8ca132eab8ecee7ee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ (define-public xeyes
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://xeyes.sourcearchive.com/")
- (synopsis "A follow the mouse X demo")
+ (synopsis "Follow-the-mouse X demo")
(description "Xeyes is a demo program for x.org. It shows eyes
following the mouse.")
(license license:x11)))