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| author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-08-29 22:27:05 (EDT) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-08-29 22:27:31 (EDT) |
| commit | 6816a11533d7cf72a44928e83dc6a8de8a71fe40 (patch) | |
| tree | 58fe14e5ee65dc74189643ae07ab149032d02753 | |
| parent | e8010f4611a7e0eeb36cc156a0fb62a1e915ba96 (diff) | |
Make binary package install files optional.
At some point, they may be deemed beyond the scope of the specification
and removed entirely.
| -rw-r--r-- | specs/spf-2.0/about.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | specs/spf-2.0/overview.mdwn | 4 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/about.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/about.mdwn index 529c290..5163529 100644 --- a/specs/spf-2.0/about.mdwn +++ b/specs/spf-2.0/about.mdwn @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ source package format: * Platform names are no longer specified in the `Architecture` field. - They are now specified in a new `Platform` field. * Wildcard binary architecture strings are now supported. + * Binary package `install` files are no longer required, as not all packages + provide data files. Rationale [rationale] diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/overview.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/overview.mdwn index 4fb3cc7..d22a53a 100644 --- a/specs/spf-2.0/overview.mdwn +++ b/specs/spf-2.0/overview.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tree: | | Required. | | Metadata about the binary package. | +- install - | | Required. + | | Optional. | | A list of patterns to match files to be installed in the binary | | package. | +- platconf @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ the list of control fields in this file. `<binpkg>.pkg/install` [files-binpkg.pkg-install] ------------------------------------------------- -This file is required. +This file is optional. This file contains a list of patterns to match files to be installed in the binary package. |