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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc doc/pkgsrc.*: regen
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/f97e34593e2b
branches: trunk
changeset: 385046:f97e34593e2b
user: leot <leot%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date: Mon Sep 10 12:12:34 2018 +0000
description:
doc/pkgsrc.*: regen
diffstat:
doc/pkgsrc.html | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
doc/pkgsrc.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diffs (193 lines):
diff -r 4f6b10371fa2 -r f97e34593e2b doc/pkgsrc.html
--- a/doc/pkgsrc.html Mon Sep 10 12:10:53 2018 +0000
+++ b/doc/pkgsrc.html Mon Sep 10 12:12:34 2018 +0000
@@ -7109,25 +7109,31 @@
already have installed on his system, e.g. if your package
installs the same set of files as another package in the pkgsrc
tree or has the same <code class="varname">PKGNAME</code>.</p>
-<p>These cases are handled automatically by the packaging tools
- at package installation time and do not need to be handled
- manually.</p>
-<p>In case the conflicts can not be recognized automatically
- (e.g., packages using the same config file location but no other
- shared files), you can set <code class="varname">CONFLICTS</code> to a
- space-separated list of packages (including version string) your
- package conflicts with.</p>
-<p>For example, if both <a href="https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/foo/bar/README.html"; target="_top"><code class="filename">foo/bar</code></a>
- and <a href="https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/foo/baz/README.html"; target="_top"><code class="filename">foo/baz</code></a>
- use the same config file, you would set in
- <code class="filename">foo/bar/Makefile</code>:</p>
-<pre class="programlisting">
-CONFLICTS= baz-[0-9]*
-</pre>
-<p>and in <code class="filename">pkgsrc/foo/baz/Makefile</code>:</p>
-<pre class="programlisting">
-CONFLICTS= bar-[0-9]*
-</pre>
+<p>For example, <a href="https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/x11/libXaw3d/README.html"; target="_top"><code class="filename">x11/libXaw3d</code></a>
+ and <a href="https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/x11/Xaw-Xpm/README.html"; target="_top"><code class="filename">x11/Xaw-Xpm</code></a>
+ install the same shared library, thus you set in
+ <code class="filename">pkgsrc/x11/libXaw3d/Makefile</code>:</p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+CONFLICTS= Xaw-Xpm-[0-9]*
+ </pre>
+<p>and in <code class="filename">pkgsrc/x11/Xaw-Xpm/Makefile</code>:</p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+CONFLICTS= libXaw3d-[0-9]*
+ </pre>
+<p><a class="citerefentry" href="http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?pkg_add+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1.2";><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg_add</span>(1)</span></a> is able to
detect attempts to install packages
+ that conflict with existing packages and abort. However, in many
+ situations this is too late in the process. Binary package managers
+ will not know about the conflict until they attempt to install the
+ package after already downloading it and all its dependencies.
+ Users may also waste time building a package and its dependencies
+ only to find out at the end that it conflicts with another package
+ they have installed.</p>
+<p>To avoid these issues <code class="varname">CONFLICTS</code> entries
+ should be added in all cases where it is known that packages conflict
+ with each other. These <code class="varname">CONFLICTS</code> entries are
+ exported in <a class="citerefentry" href="http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?pkg_summary+5.i386+NetBSD-7.1.2";><span class="citerefentry"><span
class="refentrytitle">pkg_summary</span>(5)</span></a> files and consumed by binary package
+ managers to inform users that packages cannot be installed onto
+ the target system.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
@@ -8833,7 +8839,7 @@
and if you still don't have the answer, ask on the
<code class="literal">pkgsrc-users</code> mailing list.</p>
<div class="qandaset">
-<a name="idm79114832"></a><dl>
+<a name="idm79174480"></a><dl>
<dt>22.1. <a href="#devfaq.makeflags">What is the difference between
MAKEFLAGS, .MAKEFLAGS and
MAKE_FLAGS?</a>
@@ -8878,7 +8884,7 @@
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm79114448"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm79174096"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKEFLAGS</code>, <code class="varname">.MAKEFLAGS</code> and
@@ -8894,7 +8900,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm79102160"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm79161808"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKE</code>, <code class="varname">GMAKE</code> and
@@ -8912,7 +8918,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm79097808"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm79157456"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">CC</code>, <code class="varname">PKG_CC</code> and
@@ -8930,7 +8936,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm79093584"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm79145040"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS</code>,
@@ -8943,7 +8949,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm79091408"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm79142864"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why does <span class="command"><strong>make show-var
VARNAME=BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<em class="replaceable"><code>foo</code></em></strong></span>
@@ -8959,7 +8965,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm79088336"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm79139664"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What does
<code class="code">${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=package/}</code> mean? I
@@ -8983,7 +8989,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm79081424"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm79132880"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Which mailing lists are there for package
developers?</p></td>
@@ -9008,7 +9014,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm79077584"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm79129040"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where is the pkgsrc
documentation?</p></td>
@@ -9056,7 +9062,7 @@
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm79071184"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm79122512"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>I have a little time to kill. What shall I
do?</p></td>
diff -r 4f6b10371fa2 -r f97e34593e2b doc/pkgsrc.txt
--- a/doc/pkgsrc.txt Mon Sep 10 12:10:53 2018 +0000
+++ b/doc/pkgsrc.txt Mon Sep 10 12:12:34 2018 +0000
@@ -5932,22 +5932,29 @@
installed on his system, e.g. if your package installs the same set of files as
another package in the pkgsrc tree or has the same PKGNAME.
-These cases are handled automatically by the packaging tools at package
-installation time and do not need to be handled manually.
-
-In case the conflicts can not be recognized automatically (e.g., packages using
-the same config file location but no other shared files), you can set CONFLICTS
-to a space-separated list of packages (including version string) your package
-conflicts with.
-
-For example, if both foo/bar and foo/baz use the same config file, you would
-set in foo/bar/Makefile:
-
-CONFLICTS= baz-[0-9]*
-
-and in pkgsrc/foo/baz/Makefile:
-
-CONFLICTS= bar-[0-9]*
+For example, x11/libXaw3d and x11/Xaw-Xpm install the same shared library, thus
+you set in pkgsrc/x11/libXaw3d/Makefile:
+
+CONFLICTS= Xaw-Xpm-[0-9]*
+
+
+and in pkgsrc/x11/Xaw-Xpm/Makefile:
+
+CONFLICTS= libXaw3d-[0-9]*
+
+
+pkg_add(1) is able to detect attempts to install packages that conflict with
+existing packages and abort. However, in many situations this is too late in
+the process. Binary package managers will not know about the conflict until
+they attempt to install the package after already downloading it and all its
+dependencies. Users may also waste time building a package and its dependencies
+only to find out at the end that it conflicts with another package they have
+installed.
+
+To avoid these issues CONFLICTS entries should be added in all cases where it
+is known that packages conflict with each other. These CONFLICTS entries are
+exported in pkg_summary(5) files and consumed by binary package managers to
+inform users that packages cannot be installed onto the target system.
19.1.7. Packages that cannot or should not be built
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