Change the description field in the Debian package meta information to avoid

starting with an upper case character or starting with a definite or 
indefinite article, to avoid Lintian warnings.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 75568d61..c1cd5d18 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Depends: e2fsprogs (= ${Source-Version})
 Recommends: sash | zsh-static | busybox-static | zsh30-static
 Architecture: any
-Description: A statically-linked version of the ext2 filesystem checker
+Description: statically-linked version of the ext2 filesystem checker
  This may be of some help to you if your filesystem gets corrupted enough
  to break the shared libraries used by the dynamically linked checker.
  .
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Provides: libcomerr-kth-compat
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1)
 Architecture: any
-Description: The Common Error Description library
+Description: common error description library
  libcomerr is an attempt to present a common error-handling mechanism to
  manipulate the most common form of error code in a fashion that does not
  have the problems identified with mechanisms commonly in use.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libcomerr2 (= ${Source-Version})
 Suggests: doc-base
 Replaces: e2fslibs-dev (<< 1.33-2), libkrb5-dev (<< 1.3)
 Architecture: any
-Description: The Common Error Description library - headers and static libraries
+Description: common error description library - headers and static libraries
  libcom_err is an attempt to present a common error-handling mechanism to
  manipulate the most common form of error code in a fashion that does not
  have the problems identified with mechanisms commonly in use.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Priority: required
 Depends: libcomerr2
 Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1)
 Architecture: any
-Description: Command-line interface parsing library
+Description: command-line interface parsing library
  This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate
  a simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to
  compile and use it, and the static libs.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Section: libdevel
 Priority: extra
 Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libss2 (= ${Source-Version})
 Architecture: any
-Description: Command-line interface parsing library - headers and static libraries
+Description: command-line interface parsing library - headers and static libraries
  This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate
  a simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to
  compile and use it, and the static libs.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Priority: required
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1)
 Architecture: any
-Description: Universally unique id library
+Description: universally unique id library
  libuuid generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id's (UUID's),
  using a standard which is blessed by both Microsoft and DCE, and is
  being proposed as an internet standard.  See the internet-draft:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Provides: libuuid1
 Replaces: libuuid1
 Architecture: any
-Description: Universally unique id library
+Description: universally unique id library
  libuuid generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id's (UUID's),
  using a standard which is blessed by both Microsoft and DCE, and is
  being proposed as an internet standard.  See the internet-draft:
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Priority: extra
 Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libuuid1 (= ${Source-Version})
 Replaces: e2fslibs-dev (<< 1.15)
 Architecture: any
-Description: Universally unique id library - headers and static libraries
+Description: universally unique id library - headers and static libraries
  libuuid generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id's (UUID's),
  using a standard which is blessed by both Microsoft and DCE, and is
  being proposed as an internet standard.  See the internet-draft:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Section: libs
 Priority: required
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Architecture: any
-Description: Block device id library
+Description: block device id library
  The blkid library which allows system programs like fsck and 
  mount to quickly and easily find block devices by filesystem UUID and 
  LABEL.  This allows system administrators to avoid specifiying 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Priority: required
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Provides: libblkid1
 Architecture: any
-Description: Block device id library
+Description: block device id library
  The blkid library which allows system programs like fsck and 
  mount to quickly and easily find block devices by filesystem UUID and 
  LABEL.  This allows system administrators to avoid specifiying 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Section: libdevel
 Priority: extra
 Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libblkid1 (= ${Source-Version})
 Architecture: any
-Description: Block device id library - headers and static libraries
+Description: block device id library - headers and static libraries
  The blkid library which allows system programs like fsck and 
  mount to quickly and easily find block devices by filesystem UUID and 
  LABEL.  This allows system administrators to avoid specifiying 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Priority: standard
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Conflicts: e2fsprogs
 Architecture: any
-Description: A stripped-down versions of e2fsprogs, for debian-installer
+Description: stripped-down versions of e2fsprogs, for debian-installer
  This package is an e2fsprogs package built for a reduced size, so that
  it can help to save space in debian-installer.
  .
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1)
 Provides: libext2fs2, libe2p2
 Architecture: any
-Description: The EXT2 filesystem libraries
+Description: ext2 filesystem libraries
  The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access 
  EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs.   The EXT2 filesystem is very often
  used as the default filesystem on Linux systems.   Various system programs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Suggests: doc-base
 Provides: ext2fs-dev, e2p-dev
 Replaces: libkrb5-dev (<< 1.3)
 Architecture: any
-Description: The EXT2 filesystem libraries - headers and static libraries
+Description: ext2 filesystem libraries - headers and static libraries
  The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access 
  EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs.   The EXT2 filesystem is very often
  used as the default filesystem on Linux systems.   Various system programs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Suggests: gpart, parted, e2fsck-static
 Conflicts: dump (<< 0.4b4-4), quota (<< 1.55-8.1), initscripts (<< 2.85-4), sysvinit (<< 2.85-4)
 Replaces: hurd (<= 20040301-1)
 Architecture: any
-Description: The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
+Description: ext2 file system utilities and libraries
  EXT2 stands for "Extended Filesystem", version 2. It's the main
  filesystem type used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
  .