On 18 November 2010 01:07, Andreas Oberritter <o...@opendreambox.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > looking for examples in Git, I found the following entries using > "(<$version)": > >> $ git grep -E >> '^(RDEPENDS|RPROVIDES|RRECOMMENDS|RSUGGESTS|RREPLACES|RCONFLICTS)' | grep >> '<' >> recipes/networkmanager/netm-cli_0.2.bb:RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-dbus >> python-pygobject python-textutils networkmanager (>=0.6) networkmanager >> (<0.7)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RCONFLICTS_${PN}-tshark = "tshark >> wireshark (<1.0.5)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RREPLACES_${PN}-tshark = "tshark >> wireshark (<1.0.5)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RCONFLICTS_${PN}-wireshark = "tshark >> wireshark (<1.0.5)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RREPLACES_${PN}-wireshark = "tshark >> wireshark (<1.0.5)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "tshark wireshark >> (<1.0.5)" >> recipes/wireshark/wireshark_1.2.6.bb:RREPLACES_${PN} = "tshark wireshark >> (<1.0.5)" > > From what I've read, the control file format of opkg should match the > control file format of debian packages. Also, it looks like the > variables grepped for above are written unmodifed to control files. > > The Debian Policy Manual [1] states: "The relations allowed are <<, <=, > =, >= and >> for strictly earlier, earlier or equal, exactly equal, > later or equal and strictly later, respectively. The deprecated forms < > and > were used to mean earlier/later or equal, rather than strictly > earlier/later, so they should not appear in new packages (though dpkg > still supports them)." > > Also: "For consistency and in case of future changes to dpkg it is > recommended that a single space be used after a version relationship and > before a version number;"
Opkg treats < and > the same as <= and >=, just like dpkg. > Should the recipes be updated accordingly? Would such changes require PR > bumps? I think it would be prudent to determine if these dependencies were meant to be << or <=. I guess it is unlikely that they mean <=, given the common understanding of the '<' operator in other languages and the deprecated nature of this operator in the debian policy manual. > Regards, > Andreas > > [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html > -Graham _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel