On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 02:00:02PM +0000, Jon Turney wrote: > On 20/01/2022 13:42, Jon Turney wrote: > > On 20/01/2022 13:12, Ken Brown wrote: > > > On 1/20/2022 7:14 AM, Glenn Strauss wrote: > > > > lighttpd 1.4.64 removes long-deprecated packages, > > > > including mod_trigger_b4_dl (replaceable with a lua script, if needed) > > > > > > > > I am trying to build using lighttpd.cygport and after uploading package > > > > 1.4.64-1, I got errors, so I tried adding > > > > PKG_OBSOLETES="lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl" > > > > to lighttpd.cygport and building lighttpd.cyport package 1.4.64-2 > > > > > > > Am I using PKG_OBSOLETES incorrectly? > > > > > > Yes. The cygport manual says that PKG_OBSOLETES is "A single-line > > > string containing a list of package(s) which this package > > > replaces.... Note that the PKG_OBSOLETES name is descriptive rather > > > than literal, where "PKG" should be substituted with the name of the > > > binary package whose contents it describes." > > Reading this again... > > To be clear, PKG needs to be replaced by the name of a package. So, you > probably want something like: > > lighttpd_OBSOLETES="lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl"
It makes sense now that you and Ken have explained it, but I misunderstood that when comparing PKG_OBSOLETES to PKG_NAMES. Maybe the documentation could use <PKG>_OBSOLETES in places where <PKG> is expected to be replaced with a package name? Cheers, Glenn
