On 08 May 2007, at 04:53, Daniel Macks wrote:

> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:51:04PM -0500, Remi Mommsen wrote:
>> I guess it wouldn't be too difficult to extend the variant syntax to
>> the Shlibs field. Is there any show-stopper/stumbling block which I'm
>> not aware of?
>
> Nope, just need to make sure that validator also enforces a
> BuildDepends on a version of fink that knows about this new
> syntax. Otherwise a package built by an older version of fink will
> include that literal varianting syntax as part of the Shlibs field.

Hoping I understand correctly: it is not only variants, but the full
power of conditionals that should be available there.
E.g., some pkgs name their libs in an architecture-dependent way:
no reason to make any variant, but conditionals are needed..

(cf eg the the info files for pwlib1 or openh323-1)

Jean-Francois

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