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-rw-r--r--meta-hob/recipes-core/meta/hob-toolchain.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/service/service_0.1.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/conf/documentation.conf2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-bsp/alsa-state/alsa-state.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-bsp/libacpi/libacpi_0.2.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez-hcidump_2.5.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/console-tools/console-tools_0.3.2.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.22.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-package.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/expat/expat.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb4
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-nfs.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/sysfsutils/sysfsutils_2.1.0.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.3.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.7.1.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/guile/guile_2.0.9.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/ossp-uuid/ossp-uuid_1.6.2.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-perl_0.08.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-distribute_0.6.32.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-mako_0.9.1.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-numpy_1.7.0.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distribute_0.6.32.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb12
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-devtools/unfs3/unfs3_0.9.22.r490.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/diffutils/diffutils.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/mailx/mailx_12.5.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/msmtp/msmtp_1.4.31.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-basic.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/perl/libxml-sax-perl_0.99.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_0.16.2.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-gnome/packagegroups/packagegroup-toolset-native.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-directfb.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-weston.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-x11.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-graphics/tslib/tslib_1.1.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libxfixes_5.0.1.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-lsb4/perl/libdumpvalue-perl_1.17.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-lsb4/perl/libenv-perl_1.04.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-lsb4/perl/libpod-plainer-perl_1.03.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-multimedia/libav/libav.inc2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-qt/packagegroups/nativesdk-packagegroup-qt-toolchain-host.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-qt/packagegroups/nativesdk-packagegroup-qte-toolchain-host.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-qt/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-qt.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-qt/packagegroups/packagegroup-qt-toolchain-target.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-qt/packagegroups/packagegroup-qte-toolchain-target.bb2
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-support/js/js_1.7.0+1.8.0rc1.bb2
63 files changed, 69 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/meta-hob/recipes-core/meta/hob-toolchain.bb b/meta-hob/recipes-core/meta/hob-toolchain.bb
index 69cc0f764b..5565273eae 100644
--- a/meta-hob/recipes-core/meta/hob-toolchain.bb
+++ b/meta-hob/recipes-core/meta/hob-toolchain.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "dummy toolchain"
+SUMMARY = "dummy toolchain"
LICENSE = "MIT"
PR = "r0"
diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/service/service_0.1.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/service/service_0.1.bb
index 22137a5e57..a3ad6ccb2f 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/service/service_0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-skeleton/service/service_0.1.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The canonical example of init scripts"
+SUMMARY = "The canonical example of init scripts"
SECTION = "base"
LICENSE = "GPLv2"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/COPYRIGHT;md5=349c872e0066155e1818b786938876a4"
diff --git a/meta/conf/documentation.conf b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
index a1d421c832..d1f491dfd2 100644
--- a/meta/conf/documentation.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ SSTATE_DIR[doc] = "The directory for the shared state cache."
SSTATE_MIRRORS[doc] = "Configures the OpenEmbedded build system to search other mirror locations for prebuilt cache data objects before building out the data. You can specify a filesystem directory or a remote URL such as HTTP or FTP."
STAGING_KERNEL_DIR[doc] = "The directory with kernel headers that are required to build out-of-tree modules."
STAMP[doc] = "Specifies the base path used to create recipe stamp files. The path to an actual stamp file is constructed by evaluating this string and then appending additional information."
-SUMMARY[doc] = "The short (72 characters or less) summary of the binary package for packaging systems such as opkg, rpm or dpkg. By default, SUMMARY is used to define the DESCRIPTION variable if DESCRIPTION is not set in the recipe."
+SUMMARY[doc] = "The short (80 characters or less) summary of the binary package for packaging systems such as opkg, rpm or dpkg. By default, SUMMARY is used to define the DESCRIPTION variable if DESCRIPTION is not set in the recipe."
SVNDIR[doc] = "The directory where Subversion checkouts will be stored."
SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS[doc] = "A list of functions to execute after files are staged into the sysroot. These functions are usually used to apply additional processing on the staged files, or to stage additional files."
SYSVINIT_ENABLED_GETTYS[doc] = "Specifies which virtual terminals should be running a getty, the default is '1'."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/alsa-state/alsa-state.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/alsa-state/alsa-state.bb
index 552fcfc022..c996cd95de 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/alsa-state/alsa-state.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/alsa-state/alsa-state.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
#
# Filename: alsa-state.bb
-SUMMARY = "Alsa scenario files to enable alsa state restoration."
+SUMMARY = "Alsa scenario files to enable alsa state restoration"
DESCRIPTION = "Alsa Scenario Files - an init script and state files to restore \
sound state at system boot and save it at system shut down."
LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/libacpi/libacpi_0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/libacpi/libacpi_0.2.bb
index 2d222e7316..bf302f3ce4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/libacpi/libacpi_0.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/libacpi/libacpi_0.2.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "ACPI data gathering library."
+SUMMARY = "ACPI data gathering library"
DESCRIPTION = "General purpose shared library for programs gathering ACPI data on Linux. \
Thermal zones, battery infomration, fan information and AC states are implemented."
SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb
index 3cb19c969c..a65672ef40 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Host side USB console utilities."
+SUMMARY = "Host side USB console utilities"
DESCRIPTION = "Contains the lsusb utility for inspecting the devices connected to the USB bus."
HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linux-usb.org"
SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez-hcidump_2.5.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez-hcidump_2.5.bb
index 8af5c6b99b..5c1f4760a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez-hcidump_2.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez-hcidump_2.5.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Linux Bluetooth Stack HCI Debugger Tool."
+SUMMARY = "Linux Bluetooth Stack HCI Debugger Tool"
DESCRIPTION = "The hcidump tool reads raw HCI data coming from and going to a Bluetooth device \
and displays the commands, events and data in a human-readable form."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index be3921ab35..726e0d57ee 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Miscellaneous files for the base system."
+SUMMARY = "Miscellaneous files for the base system"
DESCRIPTION = "The base-files package creates the basic system directory structure and provides a small set of key configuration files for the system."
SECTION = "base"
PR = "r73"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb
index befef41b3e..0205f2e217 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Base system master password/group files."
+SUMMARY = "Base system master password/group files"
DESCRIPTION = "The master copies of the user database files (/etc/passwd and /etc/group). The update-passwd tool is also provided to keep the system databases synchronized with these master files."
SECTION = "base"
LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
index 0c84c1f115..69b9b0cfdc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities in a single small executable."
+SUMMARY = "Tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities in a single small executable"
DESCRIPTION = "BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded system."
HOMEPAGE = "http://www.busybox.net"
BUGTRACKER = "https://bugs.busybox.net/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/console-tools/console-tools_0.3.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/console-tools/console-tools_0.3.2.bb
index 8f2f116483..80fab55214 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/console-tools/console-tools_0.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/console-tools/console-tools_0.3.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
SECTION = "base"
LICENSE = "GPLv2"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.kbd;md5=9b2d91511d3d80d4d20ac6e6b0137fe9"
-SUMMARY = "Allows you to set-up and manipulate the Linux console."
+SUMMARY = "Allows you to set-up and manipulate the Linux console"
DESCRIPTION = "Provides tools that enable the set-up and manipulation of the linux console and console-font files."
PR = "r8"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
index 5a16872219..338aae3d52 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities."
+SUMMARY = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities"
DESCRIPTION = "The GNU Core Utilities provide the basic file, shell and text \
manipulation utilities. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on \
every system."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.22.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.22.bb
index f88373f872..a26aa02e2e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.22.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.22.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities."
+SUMMARY = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities"
DESCRIPTION = "The GNU Core Utilities provide the basic file, shell and text \
manipulation utilities. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on \
every system."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-package.inc b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-package.inc
index 3adf1a9ef9..6721819d2e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-package.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-package.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ FILES_eglibc-thread-db = "${base_libdir}/libthread_db.so.* ${base_libdir}/libthr
RPROVIDES_${PN}-dev += "libc-dev"
RPROVIDES_${PN}-staticdev += "libc-staticdev"
-SUMMARY_sln = "The static ln."
+SUMMARY_sln = "The static ln"
DESCRIPTION_sln = "Similar to the 'ln' utility, but statically linked. sln is useful to make symbolic links to dynamic libraries if the dynamic linking system, for some reason, is not functional."
SUMMARY_nscd = "Name service cache daemon"
DESCRIPTION_nscd = "nscd, name service cache daemon, caches name service lookups for the passwd, group and hosts information. It can damatically improvide performance with remote, such as NIS or NIS+, name services."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat.inc b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat.inc
index 459ccb3b5b..6dfafe94d2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "A stream-oriented XML parser library."
+SUMMARY = "A stream-oriented XML parser library"
DESCRIPTION = "Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags)"
HOMEPAGE = "http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
SECTION = "libs"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb
index 8ef3376bfb..75a08cfc92 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A console-only image that fully supports the target device \
+SUMMARY = "A console-only image that fully supports the target device \
hardware."
IMAGE_FEATURES += "splash"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
index 0b56cc8549..b82ca46407 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A small image just capable of allowing a device to boot."
+SUMMARY = "A small image just capable of allowing a device to boot."
IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP} ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb b/meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb
index b1247dfef9..da23302149 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/jpeg/jpeg_8d.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "libjpeg is a library for handling the JPEG (JFIF) image format."
+SUMMARY = "libjpeg is a library for handling the JPEG (JFIF) image format"
DESCRIPTION = "libjpeg contains a library for handling the JPEG (JFIF) image format, as well as related programs for accessing the libjpeg functions."
HOMEPAGE = "http://www.ijg.org/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
index eee8bd9794..e39ccd7d11 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Merge machine and distro options to create a basic machine task/package"
+SUMMARY = "Merge machine and distro options to create a basic machine task/package"
LICENSE = "MIT"
PR = "r76"
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS_packagegroup-distro-base = "${DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
# packages added by machine config
#
SUMMARY_packagegroup-machine-base = "${MACHINE} extras"
-DESCRIPTION_packagegroup-machine-base = "Extra packages required to fully support ${MACHINE} hardware"
+SUMMARY_packagegroup-machine-base = "Extra packages required to fully support ${MACHINE} hardware"
RDEPENDS_packagegroup-machine-base = "${MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
RRECOMMENDS_packagegroup-machine-base = "${MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-nfs.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-nfs.bb
index 531eceb5af..24c98c4938 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-nfs.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-nfs.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenedHand Ltd.
#
-DESCRIPTION = "NFS package groups"
+SUMMARY = "NFS package groups"
LICENSE = "MIT"
PR = "r2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
index 1cab2962b2..628ced4d49 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Userspace framebuffer boot logo based on usplash."
+SUMMARY = "Userspace framebuffer boot logo based on usplash"
DESCRIPTION = "PSplash is a userspace graphical boot splash screen for mainly embedded Linux devices supporting a 16bpp or 32bpp framebuffer. It has few dependencies (just libc), supports basic images and text and handles rotation. Its visual look is configurable by basic source changes. Also included is a 'client' command utility for sending information to psplash such as boot progress information."
HOMEPAGE = "http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/psplash"
SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysfsutils/sysfsutils_2.1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysfsutils/sysfsutils_2.1.0.bb
index d7b461e03f..1d9c476431 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysfsutils/sysfsutils_2.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysfsutils/sysfsutils_2.1.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "Tools for working with sysfs."
+SUMMARY = "Tools for working with sysfs"
DESCRIPTION = "Tools for working with the sysfs virtual filesystem. The tool 'systool' can query devices by bus, class and topology."
HOMEPAGE = "http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/Sysfsutils.html"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
index add8234aa4..50dcaa2d3f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/update-rc.d/update-rc.d_0.7.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "manage symlinks in /etc/rcN.d."
+SUMMARY = "manage symlinks in /etc/rcN.d"
DESCRIPTION = "update-rc.d is a utilities that allows the management of symlinks to the initscripts in the /etc/rcN.d directory structure."
SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index 15ccc95499..4c80bf2930 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "A suite of basic system administration utilities."
+SUMMARY = "A suite of basic system administration utilities"
DESCRIPTION = "Util-linux includes a suite of basic system administration utilities \
commonly found on most Linux systems. Some of the more important utilities include \
disk partitioning, kernel message management, filesystem creation, and system login."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf.inc
index 2fde9d4c5f..222106a78e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "A GNU tool that procude shell scripts to automatically configure software."
+SUMMARY = "A GNU tool that procude shell scripts to automatically configure software"
DESCRIPTION = "Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically \
configure software source code packages. Autoconf creates a configuration script for a package from a template \
file that lists the operating system features that the package can use, in the form of M4 macro calls."
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake.inc
index 507c062e4a..b73cdeb60b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "A GNU tool for automatically generating Makefiles."
+SUMMARY = "A GNU tool for automatically generating Makefiles"
DESCRIPTION = "Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding \
Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf."
LICENSE = "GPLv2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.3.bb
index 027782c928..a135451162 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.3.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)."
+SUMMARY = "GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)"
DESCRIPTION = "Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an annotated context-free grammar into \
an LALR(1) or GLR parser for that grammar. Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc \
grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.7.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.7.1.bb
index 10bd8e3ebd..1df750a255 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_2.7.1.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)."
+SUMMARY = "GNU