[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.
+
+
 Resource Maps
 -------------
 



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