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authorgutteridge <gutteridge@pkgsrc.org>2021-11-09 17:53:33 +0000
committergutteridge <gutteridge@pkgsrc.org>2021-11-09 17:53:33 +0000
commita32fd982d96a2b22223252a6428646d86f1070ac (patch)
tree5ae031f429e51e755699b77a72e3b73fe2c78799 /doc/guide
parent62166ef2b0ac13688051ecd68ae4e772d957be77 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-a32fd982d96a2b22223252a6428646d86f1070ac.tar.gz
buildlink.xml: add a note about USE_ABI_DEPENDS
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml b/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml
index 9a2647105d9..ae6b1e1d167 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/buildlink.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $NetBSD: buildlink.xml,v 1.44 2020/08/20 13:31:58 bacon Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: buildlink.xml,v 1.45 2021/11/09 17:53:33 gutteridge Exp $ -->
<chapter id="buildlink">
<title>Buildlink methodology</title>
@@ -433,10 +433,14 @@ BUILDLINK_TREE+= -tiff
new versions of packages work just fine with older
dependencies.</para>
- <para>Also it is not needed to set
+ <para>Also, it is not needed to set
<varname>BUILDLINK_ABI_DEPENDS.<replaceable>pkg</replaceable></varname>
when it is identical to
- <varname>BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.<replaceable>pkg</replaceable></varname>. </para>
+ <varname>BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.<replaceable>pkg</replaceable></varname>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note there is also the distinction that users are able to disable
+ enforcement of ABI dependencies using the <varname>USE_ABI_DEPENDS</varname>
+ variable, but there is no equivalent option for API dependencies.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>