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| author | abs <abs> | 2001-10-02 11:15:29 +0000 |
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| committer | abs <abs> | 2001-10-02 11:15:29 +0000 |
| commit | 495c9c4d7efab787639d2ee33e2371eaeb113121 (patch) | |
| tree | de6d67c679d223c5029ee56cc67eff78a9d56126 /Packages.txt | |
| parent | c3f6a558a4556f6fdc4e652202b52dcac7495e13 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-495c9c4d7efab787639d2ee33e2371eaeb113121.tar.gz | |
Clarify and shorten the '-[0-9]* should be used instead of -*' section
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| -rw-r--r-- | Packages.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 7ed81b8d992..05a5adbb264 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.197 2001/09/30 22:10:33 abs Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.198 2001/10/02 11:15:29 abs Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -1986,16 +1986,8 @@ packages. The dependency is checked when installing the binary package and any package which matches the pattern will be used. Wildcard dependencies should be used with care. -For example, if a package needs any version of Tk installed, but does -not require an explicit version of Tk: - - DEPENDS+= tk-*:../../x11/tk80 - -would also match e.g. tk-postgresql-6.5.3, which is not what was -needed. ALWAYS ensure that the wildcard doesn't match more than it should, -and perhaps use version numbers to make certain: - - BUILD_DEPENDS+= perl-5.*:../../lang/perl +The -[0-9]* should be used instead of -* to avoid potentially +ambiguous matches such as tk-postgresql matching a tk-* DEPEND. (c) If your package needs some executable to be able to run correctly, this is specified using the DEPENDS definition. The pkgsrc/print/lyx package needs |