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diff --git a/specs/source-package-format-1.0.txt b/specs/source-package-format-1.0.txt index 3fa28dd..a9c3831 100644 --- a/specs/source-package-format-1.0.txt +++ b/specs/source-package-format-1.0.txt @@ -155,6 +155,31 @@ The fields in the source package metadata are: by angle brackets or any other characters. +Configuration File List Format +============================== + +Platform-specific configuration files used by the source package at build time +or by the binary package(s) at run time should be listed in the file 'config'. + +Each file must be described with an entry of the following format: + type source destination + +"type" is the string "buildtime" for a file used at build time or "runtime" for +a file used at run time. + +"source" is the path to the file, relative to the platform configuration +directory -- either `/usr/share/config/PLATFORM/PACKAGE-VERSION` or +`/usr/share/config/PLATFORM/PACKAGE`, where "PLATFORM" is the architcture string +denoting an application platform, "PACKAGE" is the name of the configurable +source package, and "VERSION" is the upstream version of the configurable source +package. + +"destination" is the path (file or directory) to which the file should be +copied. For a file used at build time, it is a path relative to the package +building work area. For a file used at run time, it is an absolute path in the +user's filesystem hierarchy. + + Change Log Format ================= |