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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
<pkgmetadata>
- <!-- maintainer-needed -->
+ <longdescription lang="en">
+ Debootstrap is a tool which will install a Debian base system into
+ a subdirectory of another, already installed system. It doesn't
+ require an installation CD, just access to a Debian repository. It
+ can also be installed and run from another operating system, so,
+ for instance, you can use debootstrap to install Debian onto an
+ unused partition from a running Gentoo system. It can also be used
+ to create a rootfs for a machine of a different architecture, which
+ is known as "cross-debootstrapping".
+ </longdescription>
+ <maintainer type="person">
+ <email>tamiko@gentoo.org</email>
+ <name>Matthias Maier</name>
+ </maintainer>
</pkgmetadata>