On Wed, 18 Dec 2013, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > >> "Between 2.6.0-2 and 2.6.0-3 it was necessary to change >> one of the dependancies of this package from labl to >> lablgl-x11." >> >> I don't know how to format an alternative Depends entry, but >> I think it should be OK for lablgtk2 to depend on either >> lablgl or labgl-x11. > > Alternative Depends use the following format: > > Depends: lablgl-x11 | lablgl > > The order is important in that Fink will ask you which one you wish to > install (assuming neither is currently installed already) in the order listed > in the .info, and since most people will just choose 1 (the default), it is > wise to put the more useful alternative (according to the maintainer) first > in the list (but it is not a requirement). The .deb encodes both > alternatives into its control file, and once a pkg with this list is > installed, it should be possible to switch back and forth between the two > alternates without the Dependee pkg (lablgtk2 in this case) complaining. > > Hanspeter >
Great, many thank, that will help me to test more effectively in future. I have added this to my local copies of the info files. -- Viv ________________________________________________ Dr Viv Kendon http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv tel: +44 113 343 4864 Physics and Astronomy Quantum Information Group University of Leeds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
