> Filipus Klutiero wrote: >> The short description reads: >>> library for asynchronous name resolves >> >> One can say that foo.com "resolves" to 192.168.0.1", but - although I am >> not a native speaker of English - I don't think "resolves" can be used >> in the sense of name resolutions. The noun "resolves" exists, but not >> with that meaning.
It's true - "resolve" does exist as a noun, but not with this meaning (and it probably doesn't have a plural). You want: library for asynchronous name resolution or maybe one of these: library for resolving names asynchronously asynchronous name resolution library asynchronous name resolver C Asynchronous RESolver The long description (following the upstream webpage) has some grammar and punctuation oddities too; patch and revised version attached. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
Source: c-ares Priority: extra Maintainer: Andreas Schuldei <andr...@debian.org> Uploaders: Gregor Jasny <gja...@googlemail.com> DM-Upload-Allowed: yes Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.1.3~), autotools-dev Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Section: libs Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/c-ares.git Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/c-ares.git Homepage: http://c-ares.haxx.se/ Package: libc-ares-dev Section: libdevel Architecture: any Conflicts: libares-dev Depends: libc-ares2 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Multi-Arch: same Description: asynchronous name resolver - development files c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution asynchronously. . It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features: * IPv6 support; * extended cross-platform portability; * 64-bit clean sources. . This package contains development files (headers and static libraries). Package: libc-ares2 Conflicts: libcares2 Architecture: any Replaces: libc-ares1 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends} Multi-Arch: same Description: asynchronous name resolver c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution asynchronously. . It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features: * IPv6 support; * extended cross-platform portability; * 64-bit clean sources. . This package provides the shared libraries.
diff -ru c-ares-1.9.1.pristine/debian/control c-ares-1.9.1/debian/control --- c-ares-1.9.1.pristine/debian/control 2012-06-18 17:21:53.000000000 +0100 +++ c-ares-1.9.1/debian/control 2012-11-04 12:17:35.918725550 +0000 @@ -19,16 +19,14 @@ ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Multi-Arch: same -Description: library for asynchronous name resolves (development files) - c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests - and name resolves asynchronously. +Description: asynchronous name resolver - development files + c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution + asynchronously. . - c-ares is a fork of the library named 'ares' - . - additionally it features - * IPv6 support - * Extended cross platform portability - * 64bit cleaned sources + It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features: + * IPv6 support; + * extended cross-platform portability; + * 64-bit clean sources. . This package contains development files (headers and static libraries). @@ -39,13 +37,13 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends} Multi-Arch: same -Description: library for asynchronous name resolves - c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests - and name resolves asynchronously. +Description: asynchronous name resolver + c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution + asynchronously. . - c-ares is a fork of the library named 'ares' + It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features: + * IPv6 support; + * extended cross-platform portability; + * 64-bit clean sources. . - additionally it features - * IPv6 support - * Extended cross platform portability - * 64bit cleaned sources + This package provides the shared libraries.