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diff --git a/dev-util/cook/metadata.xml b/dev-util/cook/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..88b1d0fc72ac --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-util/cook/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> + +<pkgmetadata> +<herd>no-herd</herd> +<maintainer> + <email>karltk@gentoo.org</email> + <description>Temporary maintainer. Looking for a substitute.</description> +</maintainer> +<longdescription> +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 any file, such as include files. Cook provides a mechanism to +define these. + +When a program is being developed or maintained, the programmer will +typically change one file of several which comprise the program. Cook +examines the last-modified times of the files to see when the +prerequisites of a file have changed, implying that the file needs to be +recreated as it is logically out of date. + +Cook also provides a facility for implicit recipes, allowing users to +specify how to form a file with a given suffix from a file with a +different suffix. For example, to create filename.o from filename.c +</longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |