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| author | andreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca> | 2006-09-25 15:58:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | andreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca> | 2006-09-25 15:58:19 (GMT) |
| commit | 1ab35c720b26c68685bf94fd802bda2f6b54d07b (patch) | |
| tree | 3817a48dab737f33b7755a6b06316451eb5d9c3b | |
| parent | db83d30e228824b6c865a9de396e6d5add22e355 (diff) | |
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* doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the
TIP#268 changes.
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2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-09-25 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/package.n: Fixed nits reported by Daniel Steffen in the + TIP#268 changes. + 2006-09-25 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclNotify.c (Tcl_DeleteEvents): Simplified the code in diff --git a/doc/package.n b/doc/package.n index fa943c2..95baf0c 100644 --- a/doc/package.n +++ b/doc/package.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: package.n,v 1.12 2006/09/22 18:13:26 andreas_kupries Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: package.n,v 1.13 2006/09/25 15:58:20 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH package n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ This form is called "bounded". .RE .RS .PP -where "min" and "max" are valid version numbers. The current syntax is +where "min" and "max" are valid version numbers. The legacy syntax is a special case of the extended syntax, keeping backward compatibility. Regarding satisfaction the rules are: .RE @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ to set it back to "stable" is ineffective and the mode value remains When passed any other value as an argument, raise an invalid argument error. .PP -When an interpreter, its initial selection mode value is set to +When an interpreter is created, its initial selection mode value is set to "stable" unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR is set. If that environment variable is defined (with any value) then the initial (and permanent) selection mode value is set to "latest". @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ exactly once to replace a dot for separation. These letters semantically add a negative specifier into the version, where 'a' is -2, and 'b' is -1. Each may be specified only once, and 'a' or 'b' are mutually exclusive in a specifier. Thus 1.3a1 becomes (semantically) -1.3.-3.1, 1.3b1 is 1.3.-2.1. Negative numbers are not directly allowed +1.3.-3.1, 1.3b1 is 1.3.-1.1. Negative numbers are not directly allowed in version specifiers. A version number not containing the letters 'a' or 'b' as specified above is called a \fBstable\fR version, whereas presence of the letters |