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authorPatrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2020-06-17 16:18:24 (EDT)
committer Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2020-06-17 16:18:24 (EDT)
commit8409aa86409e0ea2673313c91506f6cc73a733fa (patch)
tree7e1968a030d20e7f98117ec8b05f01b1f2e4a25b /specs
parentbfc7779226363e0d0e720fa29ee341844644283d (diff)
SPF 2.0: More section restrictions and rationale
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diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn
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--- 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.