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Describes the format of a software dependencies file.
depend is an ASCII file used to specify information concerning
software dependencies for a particular package. The file is created by
a software developer.
Each entry in the depend file describes a single software
package. The instance of the package is described after the entry line
by giving the package architecture and/or version. The format of each
entry and subsequent instance definition is:
type pkg name
The fields are:
type
| Defines the dependency type. This must be one of the
following:
- P
- Indicates a prerequisite for installation, for example, the referenced
package or versions must be installed.
- I
- Implies that the existence of the indicated package or version is
incompatible. See also the X tag.
- X
- Implies that the existence of the indicated package or version is
incompatible. This tag should be used instead of the I
tag.
- R
- Indicates a reverse dependency. Instead of defining the packages
own dependencies, this designates that another package depends on this
one. This type should be used only when an old package does not have a
depend file but it relies on the newer package nonetheless.
Therefore, the present package should not be removed if the designated old
package is still on the system since, if it is removed, the old package will
no longer work.
- S
- Indicates a superseding dependency. It should be used when an
earlier package has been superseded by the current package.
|
pkg
| Indicates the package abbreviation.
|
name
| Specifies the full package name.
|
Dependency checks may be disabled using the admin file.
Shown below is an example of a depend file (for the NFS
package):
P base Base System
P nsu Networking Support Utilities
P inet Internet Utilities
P rpc Remote Procedure Call Utilities
P dfs Distributed File System Utilities
The admin file format, compver file format.
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