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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2017-07-08 18:16:23 +0200
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2017-07-11 03:29:14 +0200
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fields is a list of groups of alternative packages.
Each group is a list of packages separated by vertical bar (or “pipe”)
symbols, ‘\fB|\fP’.
-The groups are separated by commas.
+The groups are separated by commas ‘\fB,\fP’.
Commas are to be read as “AND”, and pipes as “OR”, with pipes
binding more tightly.
Each package name is optionally followed by an architecture qualifier
appended after a colon ‘\fB:\fP’,
-optionally followed by a version number specification in parentheses, an
-architecture specification in square brackets, and a restriction formula
-consisting of one or more lists of profile names in angle brackets.
+optionally followed by a version number specification in parentheses
+‘\fB(\fP and ‘\fB)\fP’, an
+architecture specification in square brackets ‘\fB[\fP’ and ‘\fB]\fP’,
+and a restriction formula
+consisting of one or more lists of profile names in angle brackets
+‘\fB<\fP’ and ‘\fB>\fP’.
The syntax of the
.BR Build\-Conflicts ,