svn: /pear/peardoc/trunk/en/guide/users/ dependencytracking.xml

kguest                                   Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:12:36 +0000

Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=288023

Log:
fleshed out section on testing/installing the meta package

Changed paths:
    U   pear/peardoc/trunk/en/guide/users/dependencytracking.xml

Modified: pear/peardoc/trunk/en/guide/users/dependencytracking.xml
===================================================================
--- pear/peardoc/trunk/en/guide/users/dependencytracking.xml	2009-09-03 23:46:56 UTC (rev 288022)
+++ pear/peardoc/trunk/en/guide/users/dependencytracking.xml	2009-09-04 00:12:36 UTC (rev 288023)
@@ -265,7 +265,31 @@
  <section xml:id="guide.users.dependencytracking.testinstall">
   <title>Testing that the package works - install it</title>
   <para>
-   foo bar
+    The best way to test that your meta package works is to uninstall at least
+    one of the packages that is a dependency of it, then [re]install your meta
+    package.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   <screen><![CDATA[
+    $ pear uninstall PHP_CodeSniffer
+    $ pear install -f package.xml
+]]></screen>
+  </para>
+
+
+  <para>
+    Installing the meta package here should result in the dependency,
+    PHP_CodeSniffer, being installed also.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   Check this using pear list.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   <screen><![CDATA[
+    $ pear list
+]]></screen>
+  </para>
+
  </section>
 </chapter>