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| author | Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc> | 2011-04-04 15:20:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc> | 2011-04-04 15:20:13 +0200 |
| commit | 1083e5c3dd59fedd6135e0af14882ce4b0491383 (patch) | |
| tree | 2040de9c5a0aab31f7ef33e3d4d6ebe7658ed934 /doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt | |
| parent | 3facf96abc9d0b7a6d42c621f1cdad290e9a277d (diff) | |
add Dir::Bin::Solvers to enable customization of solver directory
EDSP version 0.4
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt b/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt index 8c13b185c..ae01fbc35 100644 --- a/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt +++ b/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# APT External Dependency Solver Protocol (EDSP) - version 0.3 +# APT External Dependency Solver Protocol (EDSP) - version 0.4 This document describes the communication protocol between APT and external dependency solvers. The protocol is called APT EDSP, for "APT @@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ internal solver, is reserved, and cannot be used by external solvers. ## Installation -Each external solver is installed as a file under -`/usr/lib/apt/solvers`. The naming scheme is -`/usr/lib/apt/solvers/NAME`, where `NAME` is the name of the external -solver. +Each external solver is installed as a file under Dir::Bin::Solvers (see +below), which defaults to `/usr/lib/apt/solvers`. We will assume in the +remainder of this section that such a default value is in effect. + +The naming scheme is `/usr/lib/apt/solvers/NAME`, where `NAME` is the +name of the external solver. Each file under `/usr/lib/apt/solvers` corresponding to an external solver must be executable. @@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ configuration documentation for more, and more up to date, information. when the solver NAME is in use. Check solver-specific documentation for what is supported here. Defaults to the empty string. +- **Dir::Bin::Solvers**: absolute path of the directory where to look for + external solvers. Defaults to `/usr/lib/apt/solvers`. ## Protocol @@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ and followed by a mixture of action and preference fields. The value of the **Request:** field is a string describing the EDSP protocol which will be used to communicate. At present, the string must -be `EDSP 0.3`. +be `EDSP 0.4`. a unique request identifier, such as an UUID. Request fields are mainly used to identify the beginning of a |