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Diffstat (limited to 'bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli')
| -rw-r--r-- | bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli b/bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli index c9a89da..fd2a197 100644 --- a/bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli +++ b/bpkg/pkg-bindist.cli @@ -259,7 +259,10 @@ namespace bpkg string --debian-build-meta { "<data>", - "Alternative build metadata to include in the binary package version. + "Alternative or additional build metadata to include in the binary + package version. If the specified value starts/ends with \cb{+} then + the value (with \cb{+} removed) is added after/before the default + metadata. Otherwise it is used as is instead of the default metadata. If empty value is specified, then no build metadata is included. By default, the build metadata is the \cb{ID} and \cb{VERSION_ID} components from \cb{os-release(5)}, for example, \cb{debian10} in @@ -568,8 +571,9 @@ namespace bpkg details on the mapping semantics. Instead of mapping languages individually you can specify entire build - metadata as a single value with the \cb{--archive-build-meta}, for - example: + metadata as a single value with the \cb{--archive-build-meta} (it is also + possible to add additional metadata; see the option documentation for + details). For example: \ bpkg bindist \ @@ -695,9 +699,12 @@ namespace bpkg string --archive-build-meta { "<data>", - "Alternative build metadata to include after the version in the binary - package directory and file names. If empty value is specified, then no - build metadata is included." + "Alternative or additional build metadata to include after the version + in the binary package directory and file names. If the specified value + starts/ends with \cb{+} then the value (with \cb{+} removed) is added + after/before the default metadata. Otherwise it is used as is instead + of the default metadata. If empty value is specified, then no build + metadata is included." } dir_path --archive-install-root |