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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 26c31a7..524b817 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -1021,8 +1021,9 @@ See also the Repository Chaining documentation for further information @@ TODO. \ The repository location. The location can only and must be omitted for the -base repository. If the location is a relative path, then it is treated as -relative to the base repository location. +base repository. \N{Since we got hold of its manifest, then we presumably +already know the location of the base repository.} If the location is a +relative path, then it is treated as relative to the base repository location. For the \cb{git} repository type the relative location does not inherit the URL fragment from the base repository. @@ -1059,10 +1060,8 @@ from its \c{location} value as described in \l{bpkg-rep-add(1)}. [role]: base|prerequisite|complement \ -The repository role. If the \c{location} value is omitted, then the role can -be omitted or it must be \c{base}. If the \c{location} value is present, then -the role can be omitted (in which case it is assume to be \c{prerequisite}) or -it must be either \c{prerequisite} or \c{complement}. +The repository role. The \c{role} value can be omitted for the base +repository only. \h2#manifest-repository-trust|\c{trust}| @@ -1217,13 +1216,12 @@ The repository fragment id this repository belongs to. terminology and semantics. The repository list manifest (the \c{repositories.manifest} file found in the -repository root directory) describes the repository. First comes a -(potentially empty) sequence of repository manifests that describe the -prerequisite and complement repositories. After this sequence must come the -manifest for the base repository, that is, the repository that this manifest -list is describing. The \c{location} value in this last manifest must be -omitted. \N{Since we got hold of the manifest list, then we presumably already -know the location of the base repository.} +repository root directory) describes the repository. It is a sequence of +repository manifests consisting of the base repository manifest (that is, the +manifest for the repository that is being described) as well as manifests for +its prerequisite and complement repositories. The individual repository +manifests can appear in any order and the base repository manifest can be +omitted. The \c{fragment} values can only be present in a merged \c{repositories.manifest} file for a multi-fragment repository. @@ -1235,19 +1233,20 @@ repository could look like this: # math/testing # : 1 -location: https://pkg.example.org/1/misc/testing +email: math-pkg@example.org +summary: Math package repository : role: complement location: ../stable : -email: math-pkg@example.org -summary: Math package repository +role: prerequiste +location: https://pkg.example.org/1/misc/testing \ -Here the first manifest describes a prerequisite repository, the second -manifest \- a complement repository, and the third manifest \- the base -repository itself. Note that the complement repository's location is specified -as a relative path. For example, if the base repository location were: +Here the first manifest describes the base repository itself, the second +manifest \- a complement repository, and the third manifest \- a prerequisite +repository. Note that the complement repository's location is specified as a +relative path. For example, if the base repository location were: \ https://pkg.example.org/1/math/testing |