add a way to spell that a specific version of an individual module or

package is being provided; this is useful for omnibus packages
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Fred Drake 2005-03-20 15:57:37 +00:00
parent 31f3e3caaa
commit be126307e0
1 changed files with 7 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -239,11 +239,12 @@ Fields
Provides (multiple use)
Each entry contains a string describing a package or
module that will be provided by this package once it is
installed. These strings should match the ones used in
Requirements fields. Version declarations cannot be supplied;
instead the package's version number will be used.
Each entry contains a string describing a package or module that
will be provided by this package once it is installed. These
strings should match the ones used in Requirements fields. A
version declaration may be supplied (without a comparison
operator); the package's version number will be implied if none
is specified.
Example:
@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ Fields
Provides: xml.utils
Provides: xml.utils.iso8601
Provides: xml.dom
Provides: xmltools (1.3)
Obsoletes (multiple use)