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| author | wiz <wiz> | 2005-07-28 11:05:36 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz> | 2005-07-28 11:05:36 +0000 |
| commit | c489fb64e1b735938bb0c6d728dce058b2435169 (patch) | |
| tree | 01f3a1d4924617e0ec3f801590f5d024cbd508d9 /doc | |
| parent | b6cda20a8eb3540665e7ff0c90d0c90b1676f8a1 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-c489fb64e1b735938bb0c6d728dce058b2435169.tar.gz | |
Do not document obsolete IGNORE variable any longer.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/fixes.xml | 36 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml b/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml index c893be2f6b4..11bb80acb7f 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.27 2005/07/27 21:29:50 rpaulo Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.28 2005/07/28 11:05:36 wiz Exp $ --> <chapter id="fixes"> <?dbhtml filename="fixes.html"?> <title>Notes on fixes for packages</title> @@ -325,24 +325,22 @@ <sect2 id="not-building-packages"> <title>Packages that cannot or should not be built</title> - <para> - There are several reasons why a package might be instructed to not - build under certain circumstances. If the package builds and runs - on most platforms, the exceptions should be noted with - <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname>. If the package builds and - runs on a small handful of platforms, set - <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> instead. If the package - should be skipped (for example, because it provides functionality - already provided by the system), set - <varname>PKG_SKIP_REASON</varname> to a descriptive message. If - the package should fail because some preconditions are not met, - set <varname>PKG_FAIL_REASON</varname> to a descriptive message. -</para> - - <para><varname>IGNORE</varname> is deprecated because it didn't - provide enough information to determine whether the build should - fail. -</para> + <para>There are several reasons why a package might be + instructed to not build under certain circumstances. If the + package builds and runs on most platforms, the exceptions + should be noted with <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname>. If + the package builds and runs on a small handful of platforms, + set <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> instead. + Both <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> and + <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> are OS triples + (OS-version-platform) that can use glob-style + wildcards.</para> + <para>If the package should be skipped (for example, because it + provides functionality already provided by the system), set + <varname>PKG_SKIP_REASON</varname> to a descriptive message. + If the package should fail because some preconditions are not + met, set <varname>PKG_FAIL_REASON</varname> to a descriptive + message.</para> </sect2> |