On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Russ Allbery wrote: > + <p> > + <example> > +<var>library-soname</var> <var>main-dependency-template</var> > +[ | <var>alternative-dependency-template</var> ] > +[ ... ] > +[ * <var>field-name</var>: <var>field-value</var> ] > +[ ... ] > + <var>symbol</var> <var>minimal-version</var>[ > <var>id-of-dependency-template</var> ] > + </example>
I think this description adapted from the deb-symbols(5) manual page mislead you into thinking that there were leading spaces before | or * when in fact there are none. I have updated the manual page to make it look like this now: library-soname main-dependency-template [| alternative-dependency-template] [...] [* field-name: field-value] [...] symbol minimal-version [id-of-dependency-template] > + <example> > +libGL.so.1 libgl1 > + | libgl1-mesa-glx #MINVER# Drop the leading space on that last line. > + publicGlSymbol@Base 6.3-1 > + [...] > + implementationSpecificSymbol@Base 6.5.2-7 1 > + [...] > + For our example, the <tt>zlib1g</tt> <file>symbols</file> file > + would contain: > + <example compact="compact"> > + * Build-Depends-Package: zlib1g-dev And here too. > + </example> > + (Don't forget the space before the <tt>*</tt> so that it will > + be parsed as part of the entry for that library.) And that sentence is then useless (or needs to be reworded). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120113195534.ge14...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
