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| 1 | <!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.125 2014/12/25 12:37:05 wiz Exp $ --> | | 1 | <!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.126 2015/01/01 06:07:12 dholland Exp $ --> |
| 2 | | | 2 | |
| 3 | <chapter id="fixes"> <?dbhtml filename="fixes.html"?> | | 3 | <chapter id="fixes"> <?dbhtml filename="fixes.html"?> |
| 4 | <title>Making your package work</title> | | 4 | <title>Making your package work</title> |
| 5 | | | 5 | |
| 6 | <sect1 id="general-operation"> | | 6 | <sect1 id="general-operation"> |
| 7 | <title>General operation</title> | | 7 | <title>General operation</title> |
| 8 | | | 8 | |
| 9 | <sect2 id="portability-of-packages"> | | 9 | <sect2 id="portability-of-packages"> |
| 10 | <title>Portability of packages</title> | | 10 | <title>Portability of packages</title> |
| 11 | | | 11 | |
| 12 | <para>One appealing feature of pkgsrc is that it runs on many | | 12 | <para>One appealing feature of pkgsrc is that it runs on many |
| 13 | different platforms. As a result, it is important to ensure, | | 13 | different platforms. As a result, it is important to ensure, |
| 14 | where possible, that packages in pkgsrc are portable. This | | 14 | where possible, that packages in pkgsrc are portable. This |
| @@ -502,29 +502,40 @@ CONFLICTS= baz-[0-9]* | | | @@ -502,29 +502,40 @@ CONFLICTS= baz-[0-9]* |
| 502 | <programlisting> | | 502 | <programlisting> |
| 503 | CONFLICTS= bar-[0-9]* | | 503 | CONFLICTS= bar-[0-9]* |
| 504 | </programlisting> | | 504 | </programlisting> |
| 505 | | | 505 | |
| 506 | </sect2> | | 506 | </sect2> |
| 507 | | | 507 | |
| 508 | | | 508 | |
| 509 | <sect2 id="not-building-packages"> | | 509 | <sect2 id="not-building-packages"> |
| 510 | <title>Packages that cannot or should not be built</title> | | 510 | <title>Packages that cannot or should not be built</title> |
| 511 | | | 511 | |
| 512 | <para>There are several reasons why a package might be | | 512 | <para>There are several reasons why a package might be |
| 513 | instructed to not build under certain circumstances. If the | | 513 | instructed to not build under certain circumstances. If the |
| 514 | package builds and runs on most platforms, the exceptions | | 514 | package builds and runs on most platforms, the exceptions |
| 515 | should be noted with <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname>. If | | 515 | should be noted with <varname>BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM</varname>. If |
| 516 | the package builds and runs on a small handful of platforms, | | 516 | the package builds and runs on a small handful of platforms, |
| 517 | set <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> instead. | | 517 | set <varname>BROKEN_EXCEPT_ON_PLATFORM</varname> instead. |
| | | 518 | Both <varname>BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM</varname> and |
| | | 519 | <varname>BROKEN_EXCEPT_ON_PLATFORM</varname> are OS triples |
| | | 520 | (OS-version-platform) that can use glob-style |
| | | 521 | wildcards.</para> |
| | | 522 | <para>If a package is not appropriate for some platforms (as |
| | | 523 | oopposed to merely broken), a different set of variables should be |
| | | 524 | used as this affects failure reporting and statistics. |
| | | 525 | If the package is appropriate for most platforms, the exceptions |
| | | 526 | should be noted with <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname>. If |
| | | 527 | the package is appropriate for only a small handful of platforms |
| | | 528 | (often exactly one), set <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> instead. |
| 518 | Both <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> and | | 529 | Both <varname>ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> and |
| 519 | <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> are OS triples | | 530 | <varname>NOT_FOR_PLATFORM</varname> are OS triples |
| 520 | (OS-version-platform) that can use glob-style | | 531 | (OS-version-platform) that can use glob-style |
| 521 | wildcards.</para> | | 532 | wildcards.</para> |
| 522 | <para>Some packages are tightly bound to a specific version of an | | 533 | <para>Some packages are tightly bound to a specific version of an |
| 523 | operating system, e.g. LKMs or <filename | | 534 | operating system, e.g. LKMs or <filename |
| 524 | role="pkg">sysutils/lsof</filename>. Such binary packages are not | | 535 | role="pkg">sysutils/lsof</filename>. Such binary packages are not |
| 525 | backwards compatible with other versions of the OS, and should be | | 536 | backwards compatible with other versions of the OS, and should be |
| 526 | uploaded to a version specific directory on the FTP server. Mark | | 537 | uploaded to a version specific directory on the FTP server. Mark |
| 527 | these packages by setting <varname>OSVERSION_SPECIFIC</varname> to | | 538 | these packages by setting <varname>OSVERSION_SPECIFIC</varname> to |
| 528 | <quote>yes</quote>. This variable is not currently used by any of | | 539 | <quote>yes</quote>. This variable is not currently used by any of |
| 529 | the package system internals, but may be used in the | | 540 | the package system internals, but may be used in the |
| 530 | future.</para> | | 541 | future.</para> |