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| author | Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com> | 2020-06-17 16:18:24 (EDT) |
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| committer | Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com> | 2020-06-17 16:18:24 (EDT) |
| commit | 8409aa86409e0ea2673313c91506f6cc73a733fa (patch) | |
| tree | 7e1968a030d20e7f98117ec8b05f01b1f2e4a25b | |
| parent | bfc7779226363e0d0e720fa29ee341844644283d (diff) | |
SPF 2.0: More section restrictions and rationale
| -rw-r--r-- | specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn index 11cfbe8..85a9ec4 100644 --- a/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn +++ b/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn @@ -87,11 +87,15 @@ The fields in the binary package metadata are: utilities and binaries run by other programs. No packages may declare any relationships (via `Depends`, `Recommends`, - etc.) with packages in sections `dbg`, `doc`, or `locale`. Only binary - packages in section `dev` and source packages (via `Build-Depends`) may - declare relationships with packages in section `libdev`. These restrictions - allow feed lists for sections `dbg`, `doc`, `libdev`, and `locale` to be - excluded from systems that don't need the packages they contain. + etc.) with packages in sections `dbg`, `doc`, or `locale`. Only packages + in section `boot` may declare relationships on other packages in the same + section. Only binary packages in section `dev` and source packages (via + `Build-Depends`) may declare relationships with packages in sections `dev` + and `libdev`. These restrictions allow feed lists for sections `boot`, + `dbg`, `dev`, `doc`, `libdev`, and `locale` to be excluded from systems that + don't need the packages they contain. That is, only sections `lib`, + `share`, and `utils` are available on all systems, and additionally sections + `dev` and `libdev` are available when building packages. All packages in sections `lib` and `libdev` must allow coinstallation of packages of the same name and different architectures. |