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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2008-01-10 22:40:54 -0600
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2008-01-10 22:58:20 -0600
commit71ca587f2a47a9ed8f9497d4685989e00f968202 (patch)
treecfa3c78d9d661e7108f13be3fffb7b40bce09e88 /doc
parentaec7c13648179e6d77d1fea9233e35fb9f9d1e05 (diff)
doc: add info about optdepends
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
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--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
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@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ Options and Directives
needed at runtime. Packages in this list follow the same format as
depends.
+*optdepends (array)*::
+ An array of optional packages (and accompanying reasons) that are not
+ essential to the package, but would offer increased functionality or other
+ features when installed. optdepends are currently for informational
+ purposes only and are not utilized by pacman during dependency resolution.
+ The format should be similar to the following:
+
+ optdepends=('fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user')
+
*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