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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 3581880..b04ad55 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -1160,11 +1160,11 @@ msvc[_NU] ; For example: msvc_14, msvc_15u3 \ Separate tests, examples, and benchmarks packages. These packages are built -and tested by automated build bots together with the dependent package (see -the \c{bbot} documentation for details). This, in particular, implies that -these packages must be available from the dependent package's repository or -its complement repositories, recursively. The recommended naming convention -for these packages is the dependent package name followed with \c{-tests}, +and tested by automated build bots together with the primary package (see the +\c{bbot} documentation for details). This, in particular, implies that these +packages must be available from the primary package's repository or its +complement repositories, recursively. The recommended naming convention for +these packages is the primary package name followed by \c{-tests}, \c{-examples}, or \c{-benchmarks}, respectively. For example: \ @@ -1175,13 +1175,22 @@ examples: hello-examples See \l{#package-version-constraint Package Version Constraint} for the format and semantics of the optional version constraint. Instead of a concrete value, -it can also be specified in terms of the dependent package's version (see the +it can also be specified in terms of the primary package's version (see the \l{#manifest-package-depends \c{depends}} value for details), for example: \ tests: hello-tests ~$ \ +Note that normally the tests, etc., packages themselves do not have an +explicit dependency on the primary package (in a sense, the primary package +has a special dependency on them). They would also normally be excluded from +any builds (since they are built as part of the main package), for example: + +\ +name: hello-tests +builds: none +\ \h2#manifest-package-builds|\c{builds}| |