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--- a/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn
+++ b/specs/spf-2.0/fields.mdwn
@@ -66,16 +66,30 @@ The fields in the binary package metadata are:
related to the specified section. The value may be any one of the
following:
- - The string `bin` for packages containing only executable files, such as
- utilities, binaries run by other programs, kernel images, or boot loaders;
+ - The string `dbg` for packages containing only debugging symbols;
+ - The string `dev` for packages containing only utilities used to build
+ other packages, such as distribution package build utilities, compilers,
+ and utilities that configure compiler and linker flags;
+ - The string `doc` for packages containing only manual pages and other
+ upstream documentation files;
- The string `lib` for packages containing only shared libraries and object
files;
- - The string `dev` for packages containing only header files, unversioned
- library symbolic links used when linking, and utilities and configuration
- files to assist in compiling and linking other programs against libraries;
- - The string `dbg` for packages containing only debugging symbols; and
+ - The string `libdev` for packages containing only header files, unversioned
+ library symbolic links used when linking, and configuration files and
+ architecture-independent utilities that configure compiler and linker
+ flags;
+ - The string `locale` for packages containing only locale files;
- The string `share` for packages containing only architecture-independent
- data.
+ data; and
+ - The string `utils` for packages containing only executable files, such as
+ utilities, binaries run by other programs, kernel images, or boot loaders.
+
+ 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.
* `Essential` (optional)