>>>>> Brian May writes: >> Anything that has a `|' in its dependencies means that there is >> more than one kind of binary package, so, say the binary packages >> were different depending on the kernel you had installed:
BM> I think | is aready used to mean "or"? or is it "||"? It's "||", you're correct. If you think about it, you'll see why the symbol used to designate multiple possibilities for a binary package should be the same one used to designate "or" in the Dependencies line. BM> Note: The value of cpu-all is a special value that would expand BM> to "cpu-i386|cpu-sparc|...". Similarly for "os-all". This might BM> seem a bit strange, but I don't think it is a good idea to list BM> every possible combination in every source file. I agree with you, but I really prefer `hwarch-' to `cpu-', since the CPU does not an Architecture make. BM> When the source package is compiled, the appropriate items from BM> the "Nonshared-depends" would get moved to "Depends". Or, equivalently, the `||' symbols in the Depends field would be replaced with the dependency that was actually used. -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
