[zpkg] SVN: zpkgtools/trunk/doc/ - note limitations of
-e/--exclude/<exclude>
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 16:14:44 EDT 2005
Log message for revision 38250:
- note limitations of -e/--exclude/<exclude>
- add a to-do item to support wildcards in same
Changed:
U zpkgtools/trunk/doc/TODO.txt
U zpkgtools/trunk/doc/zpkg.txt
-=-
Modified: zpkgtools/trunk/doc/TODO.txt
===================================================================
--- zpkgtools/trunk/doc/TODO.txt 2005-09-02 20:14:33 UTC (rev 38249)
+++ zpkgtools/trunk/doc/TODO.txt 2005-09-02 20:14:44 UTC (rev 38250)
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
support code. This would allow the packaging and the distributed
code to remain completely independent.
+ - The **-x** and **--exclude** options and the ``<exclude>``
+ configuration sections should support wildcards, similar to
+ resource maps.
+
- We should have a way to express dependence on particular versions
of Python, and a way to say which is preferred. (This can be used
when building an "application" distribution since that has some
Modified: zpkgtools/trunk/doc/zpkg.txt
===================================================================
--- zpkgtools/trunk/doc/zpkg.txt 2005-09-02 20:14:33 UTC (rev 38249)
+++ zpkgtools/trunk/doc/zpkg.txt 2005-09-02 20:14:44 UTC (rev 38250)
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
distribution. Dependencies of the named package will be included
due to `PACKAGE` needing them, but may be included due to an another
dependency. This option may be given as many times as needed.
+ Package wildcards are not supported.
If neither **-C** nor **-f** is specified on the command line, a
default configuration file is loaded if it exists. This is
@@ -177,7 +178,18 @@
the package. Every line should specify one package. This is equivalent of
specifying **-x** or **--exclude** for every excluded package.
+For example, we can exclude ``zope.interface`` and ``zope.component``
+using::
+ <exclude>
+ zope.interface
+ zope.component
+ </exclude>
+
+Note that neither the ``<exclude>`` section nor the **-x** and
+**--exclude** command-line options support wildcards.
+
+
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