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+Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast
+DNS specifications for Zeroconf Computing. It uses D-BUS for
+communication between user applications and a system daemon. The
+daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies,
+necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. This kind of
+technology is already found in Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous
+Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient.
+
+Requires libdaemon, which is also available at SlackBuilds.org.
+
+You will need to have an "avahi" user and group on the target system
+prior to installing the avahi package. See README.SBo in this
+directory (it is also installed to the package docmentation directory)
+for more information and for setup notes.