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diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index 17d0b476..60d8e53b 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -178,18 +178,19 @@ disables auto detection. *conflicts (array)*:: An array of packages that will conflict with this package (i.e. they cannot both be installed at the same time). This directive follows the - same format as depends. Versioned conflicts are also supported. + same format as depends. Versioned conflicts are supported using the + operators as described in `depends`. *provides (array)*:: An array of ``virtual provisions'' this package provides. This allows a package to provide dependencies other than its own package name. For example, the dcron package can provide 'cron', which allows packages to depend on 'cron' rather than 'dcron OR fcron'. - Versioned provisions are also possible, in the 'name=version' format. - For example, dcron can provide 'cron=2.0' to satisfy the 'cron>=2.0' - dependency of other packages. Provisions involving the `>` and `<` - operators are invalid as only specific versions of a package may be - provided. ++ +Versioned provisions are also possible, in the 'name=version' format. For +example, dcron can provide 'cron=2.0' to satisfy the 'cron>=2.0' dependency of +other packages. Provisions involving the `>` and `<` operators are invalid as +only specific versions of a package may be provided. + If the provision name appears to be a library (ends with .so), makepkg will try to find the library in the built package and append the correct @@ -199,9 +200,11 @@ version. Appending the version yourself disables auto detection. An array of packages this package should replace. This can be used to handle renamed/combined packages. For example, if the 'j2re' package is renamed to 'jre', this directive allows future upgrades to continue - as expected even though the package has moved. Sysupgrade is currently - the only pacman operation that utilizes this field, a normal sync will - not use its value. + as expected even though the package has moved. Versioned replaces are + supported using the operators as described in `depends`. ++ +Sysupgrade is currently the only pacman operation that utilizes this field. +A normal sync or upgrade will not use its value. *options (array)*:: This array allows you to override some of makepkg's default behavior |