Translate: [cvs] web/xml/packaging packaging.en.xml, 1.95, 1.96

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> From: "David R. Morrison" <[email protected]>
> Date: June 17, 2007 3:44:12 PM PDT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [cvs] web/xml/packaging packaging.en.xml,1.95,1.96
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/packaging
> In directory sc8-pr-cvs17:/tmp/cvs-serv10817
>
> Modified Files:
> 	packaging.en.xml
> Log Message:
> document the Distribution field
>
>
> Index: packaging.en.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/packaging/packaging.en.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.95
> retrieving revision 1.96
> diff -u -d -r1.95 -r1.96
> --- packaging.en.xml	4 Mar 2007 22:11:38 -0000	1.95
> +++ packaging.en.xml	17 Jun 2007 22:44:10 -0000	1.96
> @@ -1634,13 +1634,83 @@
> <codeblock>
>   Package: foo-pm%type_pkg[perl]
>   Type: perl (5.8.1 5.8.4 5.8.6)
> -  Architecture: (%type_pkg[perl] = 581) powerpc
> +  Architecture: (%type_pkg[perl] = 581) powerpc, (%type_pkg[perl] =  
> 584) powerpc
> +</codeblock>
> +<p>
> +will result in the field for the foo-pm581 and foo-pm584 variants
> +being <code>powerpc</code> and the field being blank for the foo- 
> pm586
> +variant. Remember that when the field is blank, all architectures
> +are permitted.
> +</p>
> +<p>The example above gives a very common use of this field: since
> +perl 5.8.1 and perl 5.8.4 are only available on powerpc hardware,
> +this field is necessary for any multiple-type perl package under the
> +10.4 distribution and later.
> +</p>
> +</itemd></item>
> +
> +<item><itemt>Distribution</itemt>
> +<itemd>
> +<p>
> +A comma-separated list of distribution(s) for which the package
> +(and any splitoff packages) are intended.
> +At present, the only valid values for distribution are <code>10.3</ 
> code>,
> +<code>10.4</code>,
> +and <code>10.5</code>. If this field is present and not blank after
> +conditional handling, fink will ignore the package description(s) if
> +the local machine distribution is not listed. If the field is omitted
> +or the value is blank, all distributions are assumed.
> +(Introduced in fink 0.26.0.)
> +</p>
> +<p>
> +Since Fink's <code>10.4</code> and <code>10.5</code> distributions  
> share
> +a common set of finkinfo files, the most common use of this field  
> will be for
> +packages which are suitable for one of those distributions but not  
> the
> +other.  Since package maintainers may wish to use identical files for
> +the 10.3 and 10.4/10.5 trees, the value <code>10.3</code> is often
> +included in the distribution field.
> +</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 5.8.6)
> +  Distribution: (%type_pkg[perl] = 581) 10.3, (%type_pkg[perl] =  
> 581) 10.4
> </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.
> +being <code>10.3, 10.4</code> and the field being blank for the
> +foo-pm586 variant.
> +</p>
> +<p>Since python 2.3 is not availble in the 10.5 distribution, and the
> +available perl packages vary by distribution, these package types  
> provide
> +a common use of this field.  For reference, we note the availabilty  
> of
> +various perl versions in the 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 distributions:
> +</p>
> +<codeblock>
> +    perl 5.6.0:  10.3
> +    perl 5.8.0:  10.3
> +    perl 5.8.1:  10.3, 10.4
> +    perl 5.8.4:  10.3, 10.4
> +    perl 5.8.6:  10.3, 10.4, 10.5
> +    perl 5.8.8:        10.4, 10.5
> +</codeblock>
> +<p>A way to include all variants in a single finkinfo file is as  
> follows.
> +</p>
> +<codeblock>
> +  Package: foo-pm%type_pkg[perl]
> +  Type: perl (5.6.0 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.4 5.8.6 5.8.8)
> +  Distribution: (%type_pkg[perl] = 560) 10.3, (%type_pkg[perl] =  
> 580) 10.3, (%type_pkg[perl] = 581) 10.3, (%type_pkg[perl] = 581)  
> 10.4, (%type_pkg[perl] = 584) 10.3, (%type_pkg[perl] = 584) 10.4,  
> (%type_pkg[perl] = 588) 10.4, (%type_pkg[perl] = 588) 10.5
> +</codeblock>
> +<p>Note that there is no restriction placed on foo-pm586 since perl  
> 5.8.6 is
> +available in all distributions.  Also note that we do not include old
> +distributions, such as 10.2 or 10.4-transitional, since the  
> versions of
> +fink which are relevant for them do not recognize this field.
> </p>
> </itemd></item>
>
>
>
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