Charles Lepple wrote: > The asciidoc package has a self-contained HTML generator, and "a2x", > an everything-else generator that depends on Docbook and a number of > related tools. Currently, the package has a 'Recommends' line for the > a2x dependencies, but since Fink doesn't process the Recommends line, > I figured it might be best to split that off into an asciidoc-a2x > package with proper dependencies. I would also like the splitoff to be > installed for users who are upgrading from the old unified package. > > Should I use "Replaces: asciidoc (<< 8.4.5-3)" in the a2x splitoff, or > will that confuse the Fink dependency engine? (I seem to have a way of > finding things that work well with apt/dpkg, but not necessarily with > Fink.)
Are you using the word 'splitoff' in the Fink sense of SplitOff within a parent package (eg libfoo-dev and libfoo-shlibs are splitoffs of the same package libfoo), or describing asciidoc-a2x as a totally separate package independent of the rest of asciidoc? In the first case, people building the new 'trim' asciidoc will still end up building asciidoc-a2x and pulling its dependencies even if they don't install it (a price to pay with SplitOffs. In the 2nd case, asciidox-a2x would probably Depend on the new trimmed asciidoc, but the trimmed asciidoc would not care whether asciidoc-a2x is around. A possible solution would be to make a new package (whether a self standing package or a SplitOff of another depends on your reasons for doing this) called asciidoc-base, which includes everything that is not a2x, as well as another package (or splitoff) called asciidoc-a2x, and then have the newer revision of the package 'asciidoc' Depends on both those packages. This way someone with the old asciidoc will see the new version and get both -base and -a2x automatically pulled in by the dependency engine. New users will get the option of installing just -base, just -a2x, or both. Package: asciidoc Depends: asciidoc-base, asciidoc-a2x Splitoff: << Package: asciidoc-base Depends: whatever Conflicts/Replaces: asciidoc (<< 8.4.5-3) << Splitoff2: << Package: asciidoc-a2x Depends: asciidoc-base (presumably), other stuff Conflicts/Replaces: asciidoc (<< 8.4.5-3) << If you want to split a2x off because it pulls in too many random Dependencies, then make SplitOff2 (-a2x) above be an entire new package with its own .info file. This way, someone building just asciidoc-base will not pull in all those dependencies. Hanspeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
