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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 599b571..c07fc21 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ build error notifications are sent to this email. <dependency> = <name> [<version-constraint>] \ -The prerequisite packages. If the \c{depends} value starts with \c{*}, then -it is a \i{build-time} prerequisite. Otherwise it is \i{run-time}. +The dependency packages. If the \c{depends} value starts with \c{*}, then +it is a \i{build-time} dependency. Otherwise it is \i{run-time}. -\N|Most of the build-time prerequisites are expected to be tools such as code +\N|Most of the build-time dependencies are expected to be tools such as code generator, so you can think of \c{*} as the executable mark printed by \c{ls}. An important difference between the two kinds of dependencies is that in case of cross-compilation a build-time dependency must be built for the @@ -1185,9 +1185,9 @@ depends: * bpkg >= 0.6.0 Each \c{depends} value can specify multiple packages with the \i{OR} semantics. While multiple \c{depends} values are used to specify multiple packages with the \i{AND} semantics. A value that starts with \c{?} is a -conditional prerequisite. Whether such a prerequisite will be in effect can +conditional dependency. Whether such a dependency will be in effect can only be determined at the package configuration time. It is recommended that -you provide a comment for each conditional prerequisite as an aid to the user. +you provide a comment for each conditional dependency as an aid to the user. For example: \ @@ -1303,10 +1303,10 @@ configuration. See the \c{bbot} documentation for details. \ Separate tests, examples, and benchmarks packages. If the value starts with -\c{*}, then the primary package is a \i{build-time} prerequisite for the +\c{*}, then the primary package is a \i{build-time} dependency for the specified package. Otherwise it is \i{run-time}. See the \l{#manifest-package-depends \c{depends}} value for details on \i{build-time} -prerequisites. +dependencies. These packages are built and tested by automated build bots together with the primary package (see the \c{bbot} documentation for details). This, in |