On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Daniel Macks <dma...@netspace.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:58:51PM -0500, Charles Lepple wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser >> <f...@snaggledworks.com> wrote: >> > 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? >> >> I'm referring to a Fink SplitOff (same info file). >> >> > ?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. >> >> The dependencies are runtime rather than build-time (that's why I have >> gotten away with the Recommends field so far). >> >> I appreciate the explanation, but I am still curious about the >> Replaces field - someone who is using a2x from the old unified package >> shouldn't have it disappear out from under them as part of an upgrade >> to a split package (independent of whether the split packages come >> from the same info file, or two separate info files). > > Replaces is a file-level thing, it allows one package to overwrite > specific files in another already-installed one. It does not cause > that other package to be uninstalled unless you also specify Conflicts > for it.
Right, so I am using "Replaces: asciidoc (<< 8.4.5-3)" in the splitoff to allow it to upgrade over the unified package. Turns out that the only package which depends on asciidoc is cogito, which has been dead for several years. The asciidoc description has been updated to indicate that the a2x command is now in the splitoff. -- - Charles Lepple ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
