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authorP. J. McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>2014-09-02 09:11:15 (EDT)
committer P. J. McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>2014-09-02 09:38:15 (EDT)
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@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ ProteanOS Development Kit
This is prokit, the ProteanOS Development Kit.
-prokit can install a ProteanOS system and run commands within an
-isolated file system environment using the chroot utility. It is
-similar in function to the debootstrap program of Debian and
-derivatives.
+prokit can install a ProteanOS system, run a ProteanOS shell and other
+commands, manage software packages in an installed ProteanOS system, and
+build packages for ProteanOS (with build dependencies automatically
+installed and removed).
+
+prokit is similar in function to the debootstrap, pbuilder, and sbuild
+programs of Debian and derivatives.
After being built with configure and make, prokit can be installed to
the system or run in place without installation.