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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py b/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py index 000187736c..abd6d1f4a1 100644 --- a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py +++ b/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py @@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ import os dwarf_dirs = ['libdwarf', 'dwarfdump2'] class Libdwarf(Package): + """The DWARF Debugging Information Format is of interest to + programmers working on compilers and debuggers (and any one + interested in reading or writing DWARF information). It was + developed by a committee (known as the PLSIG at the time) + starting around 1991. Starting around 1991 SGI developed the + libdwarf and dwarfdump tools for internal use and as part of + SGI IRIX developer tools. Since that time dwarfdump and + libdwarf have been shipped (as an executable and archive + respectively, not source) with every release of the SGI + MIPS/IRIX C compiler.""" + homepage = "http://www.prevanders.net/dwarf.html" url = "http://www.prevanders.net/libdwarf-20130729.tar.gz" list_url = homepage |