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doc/PKGBUILD: update regarding versioned package fields 

Add the info that versioned replaces are now supported, as well as
beefing up some of the other places touching on versioned fields.

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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Dan McGee 2011-08-18 00:40:28 -05:00
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@ -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.
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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.
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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`.
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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