[TRANSLATE] web/xml/packaging packaging.en.xml,1.85,1.86

From: Daniel Macks <[email protected]>
Modified Files:	packaging.en.xml 
Log Message: Document conditionals in the Architecture field.

RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/packaging/packaging.en.xml,v
--- packaging.en.xml	7 Feb 2006 10:37:34 -0000	1.85
+++ packaging.en.xml	9 Feb 2006 02:26:39 -0000	1.86
@@ -1539,10 +1539,13 @@
 <item><itemt>Architecture</itemt>
 <itemd>
 <p>
-A comma-separated list of architecture(s) the package is intended for.
+A comma-separated list of CPU architecture(s) for which the package
+(and any splitoff packages) are intended.
 At present, the only valid values for architecture are <code>powerpc</code>
-and <code>i386</code>.  A package which is missing this field is treated
-as if the value of the field were <code>powerpc, i386</code>.
+and <code>i386</code>. If this field is present and not blank after
+conditional handling, fink will ignore the package description(s) if
+the local machine architecture is not listed. If the field is omitted
+or the value is blank, all architectures are assumed.
 (Introduced in a post-0.24.11 CVS version of fink.)
 </p>
 <p>
@@ -1551,6 +1554,24 @@
 packages), which should be declared to have architecture 
 <code>powerpc</code>.
 </p>
+<p>
+This field supports the standard conditional syntax for any value in
+the value list and percent-expansions can be used (see
+the <code>Depends</code> field for more information). In this manner,
+certain variants can be restricted to certain architectures. For
+example:
+</p>
+<codeblock>
+  Package: foo-pm%type_pkg[perl]
+  Type: perl (5.8.1 5.8.4 5.8.6)
+  Architecture: (%type_pkg[perl] = 581) powerpc
+</codeblock>
+<p>
+will result in the field for the foo-pm581 variant
+being <code>powerpc</code> and the field being blank for all other
+variants. Remember that omitting a certain architecture value does not
+mean that the package is not for that architecture.
+</p>
 </itemd></item>
 
 <item><itemt>Epoch</itemt>


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