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The package definitions

The package definitions are located in the packages/ directory where you can find the sub-directories of the projects. Every project has a file named config.yaml. This file can be edited by hand or with the zog command.

Create or modify a package definition

The command is just: zog create <the package name>. Then a prompt will ask for some questions about this new package.

Package name (required)

The name must follows these rules:

Must consist only of lower case letters (a-z), digits (0-9), plus (+) and minus (-) signs, and periods (.). They must be at least two characters long and must start with an alphanumeric character.

Version (required)

The version must follows these rules:

http://windowspackager.org/documentation/implementation-details/debian-version

Maintainer’s name (required)

It is commonly the first name and the last name.

Maintainer’s email (required)

Only public domain should be used for the email.

Host architecture (required)

You can choose all operating systems and CPU architecture where the software is supported. Note that a package will be built for each architecture. If the package has not dependency on an architecture (like the documentation for example) you must use ‘all’. Of course, all package for sources must use the ‘source’ architecture.

Brief description (required)

At least this description is required and must be not too long (max 70 characters).

Long description

The brief description must not be repeated here.

Add a dependency

You can add a dependency if required. The list of dependencies is the list of packages available in the packages/ directory. For example, you must add a dependency on libfoobar where the version range is (>= 1.0 and < 2.0). In this case you must add two dependencies.

1. Add libfoobar
2. Set the range: >= 1.0
3. Add libfoobar a second time
4. Set the range: << 2.0

The range is optional. You can return immediately if you have no restriction on the version.

config.yaml

A config.yaml file is created in your libfoobar directory. You can open this file with your preferred text editor.

For example:

name: libfoobar
version: 0.1.0
maintainer:
  name: John Doe
  email: 'john@doe.com'
architecture:
  - win32-i386
  - linux-i386
  - darwin-i386
description:
  brief: The foobar library for testing.
  long: It is dedicated to a test for a package definition file.
dependency:
  libfoobar2:
    - '>= 1.0'
    - << 2.0
distribution: toolchain/