I agree. It should be foo-py%type_pkg[python]-doc or something similar.
-- Dave
On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Daniel Macks wrote:
Okay, let's resolve this...
Package: foo-py%type_pkg[python]
Version: 1
Revision: 1
Type: python (2.3 2.4)
SplitOff: <<
Package: foo-doc
<<
SplitOff packages are first-class package objects internally, with
pointers that link parent and children and sibling packages. Fink and
Debian use "package-version-revision" as a unique key for a package.
In CVS HEAD, a single "foo-1-1" package object is created in the
database and it is arbitrarily assigned as the child of one of the
foo-pyXX of which it is a SplitOff. That means it is functionally
broken for all other foo-pyXY variants because foo-py23's child's
parent might be foo-py24 instead. As a result, the foo-py23 build
process tries to form foo-doc, foo-doc has incorrect data for that
situation (%I, %D, and %b point to the non-existent foo-py24 paths,
etc.).
In released versions of fink, the above .info fragment reportedly
works correctly, and we have a few packages that have this construct.
As an under-the-hood core guy, it doesn't make sense to me that this
should ever work or be supported, but I can see why a maintainer would
expect it to work. Should we support it? Can we support it? Should we
say "make a separate .info file for foo-doc" instead?
dan
-- Daniel Macks
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