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Man for package-mapping.conf: FIX: Order of fields was documented wrongly. While there: also enhance the wording of some paragraphs.
author Franz Glasner <fzglas.hg@dom66.de>
date Thu, 03 Oct 2024 19:52:23 +0200
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6 Description 6 Description
7 ----------- 7 -----------
8 8
9 Used by :manpage:`check-ports(8)`. 9 Used by :manpage:`check-ports(8)`.
10 10
11 This is a textfile where every line contains two words -- each being 11 This is a textfile where every line contains two fields -- separated by
12 a package names:: 12 white space (TAB or SPACE). Each field is a package name::
13 13
14 package-name mapped-package-name 14 installed-package-name original-package-name
15 15
16 When :command:`check-ports` determines the package status for 16 When :command:`check-ports` determines the package status for
17 `mapped-package-name` then the repositories are checked with regard to 17 `installed-package-name` then the repositories are checked with regard to
18 `package-name` also. 18 `original-package-name` also.
19 19
20 This is useful when the update status of renamed (private) forks should be 20 This is useful when the update status of renamed (private) forks (with
21 checked against the original parent package also. 21 `installed-package-name`) should be checked against the original
22 parent package (with name `original-package-name`) also.
22 23
23 24
24 Examples 25 Examples
25 -------- 26 --------
26 27
27 Assume that package ``pack-orig`` is forked into a local package with 28 Assume that package ``pack-orig`` is forked into a local package with
28 a different name ``my-forked-pack``. To let the :command:`check-ports` tool 29 a different name ``my-forked-pack``. To let the tools :command:`check-ports`
29 to take this into account use:: 30 and :command:`fports` to take this into account use::
30 31
31 pack-orig my-forked-pack 32 my-forked-pack pack-orig
32 33
33 34
34 See Also 35 See Also
35 -------- 36 --------
36 37