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| author | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2021-01-07 10:46:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2021-01-07 10:46:40 +0000 |
| commit | 4d9df23b9c2c7039f2e4e7c19df57bfcdef9502b (patch) | |
| tree | 5b133b845d8a71c3563fceb090aaf42191ec257f /doc | |
| parent | e92cdbfda401835318600b0d0f31901701b6a675 (diff) | |
| parent | 7bec6d3d7008dcfde1d999776102bf5ab2e86381 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'pu/depends' into 'master'
?depends patterns and friends
See merge request apt-team/apt!146
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-patterns.7.xml | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml index 168ba3c59..0d2e79f88 100644 --- a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml +++ b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml @@ -153,7 +153,31 @@ </variablelist> </refsect1> + <refsect1><title>Package relationship patterns</title> + <para>These patterns match specific package versions that depend/conflict with some other packages.</para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><code>?depends(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DPATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?pre-depends(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DPre-Depends:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?suggests(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DSuggests:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?conflicts(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DConflicts:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?replaces(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DReplaces:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?obsoletes(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DObsoletes:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?breaks(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DBreaks:PATTERN</code></term> + <term><code>?enhances(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DEnhances:PATTERN</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects versions depending/pre-depending/suggesting/conflicting/etc on/with/ packages matching PATTERN.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><code>?reverse-<emphasis>depType</emphasis>(PATTERN)</code></term> + <term><code>~R<emphasis>DepType</emphasis>:PATTERN</code></term> + <listitem><para>Opposite of <code>?depends</code> and friends - selects all packages that have reverse-dependencies (versions) matching PATTERN.</para> + <para><emphasis>depType</emphasis> is one of the dependency types such as <code>depends</code>, so that we don't have to repeat the entire list from the first paragraph here.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </refsect1> <refsect1><title>Examples</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><code>apt remove ?garbage</code></term> @@ -206,6 +230,9 @@ <para>Grouping patterns with <code>(...)</code> or writing <code>?or(A,B)</code> as <code>A|B</code> are not supported. We do not believe that the use of <code>|</code> is that common, and the grouping is not necessary without it.</para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Dependency types for ~D and related operators need to be specified in the canonical case.</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </refsect1> |