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diff --git a/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt b/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt index 7db1479b2..14e9528c8 100644 --- a/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt +++ b/doc/external-dependency-solver-protocol.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ External Dependency Solver Protocol". In the following we use the term **architecture qualified package name** (or *arch-qualified package names* for short) to refer to package -identifiers of the form "arch:package" where "arch" is a dpkg -architecture and "package" a dpkg package name. +identifiers of the form "package:arch" where "package" is a package name +and "arch" a dpkg architecture. ## Components @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ field. The following fields are supported in package stanzas: - **APT-Candidate:** (optional, defaults to `no`). Allowed values: `yes`, `no`. When set to `yes`, the corresponding package is the APT candidate for installation among all available packages with the same - name and with the same architecture. + name and architecture. - **APT-Automatic:** (optional, defaults to `no`). Allowed values: `yes`, `no`. When set to `yes`, the corresponding package is marked by @@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ An answer from the external solver to APT is either a *solution* or an The following invariant on **exit codes** must hold true. When the external solver is *able to find a solution*, it will write the solution to standard output and then exit with an exit code of 0. When the -external solver is *unable to find a solution* (and s aware of that), it -will write an error to standard output and then exit with an exit code -of 0. An exit code other than 0 will be interpreted as a solver crash -with no meaningful error about dependency resolution to convey to the -user. +external solver is *unable to find a solution* (and is aware of that), +it will write an error to standard output and then exit with an exit +code of 0. An exit code other than 0 will be interpreted as a solver +crash with no meaningful error about dependency resolution to convey to +the user. #### Solution |