[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/mk/help Better specification for PKGNAME.

[rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/1ccd97bac8d7
branches:  trunk
changeset: 533246:1ccd97bac8d7
user:      rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Sep 11 21:21:33 2007 +0000

description:
Better specification for PKGNAME.

diffstat:

 mk/help/distname.help |  11 ++++++++---
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r 663579ea87d1 -r 1ccd97bac8d7 mk/help/distname.help
--- a/mk/help/distname.help     Tue Sep 11 21:05:36 2007 +0000
+++ b/mk/help/distname.help     Tue Sep 11 21:21:33 2007 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: distname.help,v 1.1 2007/02/06 20:03:30 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: distname.help,v 1.2 2007/09/11 21:21:33 rillig Exp $
 #
 # DISTNAME
 #      Every package definition should start with the definition of this
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@
 #      value changes over time.
 #
 #      When the variable is defined by the package, it should consist
-#      of the package name and version, as released upstream. The "nb"
-#      part is specified by another variable, PKGREVISION.
+#      of the package name (PKGBASE) and version. The version is a list
+#      of numbers, separated by either a dot or one of the keywords
+#      "alpha", "beta", "pre", "rc" (release candidate),
+#      "pl" (patch level).
+#
+#      The "nb" part, which is often seen in package names, is not
+#      specified with PKGNAME, but with PKGREVISION.
 #
 #      Later, in bsd.pkg.mk, the "nb" part is added to PKGNAME, so when
 #      it is used in the package, its value may differ. The package