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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:41:32 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP installer [Was: Script language for installer]
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Hello.

salvador wrote:
>
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> 
> > [lsck073s]
> > dependent=gcc([0-9]{1,})b
> > dependent=mak{[0-9]{1,})b
> > dependent=shl([0-9]{1,})b
> 
> I think the dependencies should be more exact, like in .deb and .rpm
> where the depency is to a package (not a filename) and a version
> (>= 2.8.0 as example).

Indeed. In that case I guess one could use the syntax:

dependent>=gcc280b

i.e. dependent<operator><match>

Maybe:
= (or ==), <=, >=, != -> string comparison
=~, !~                -> regular expression, cf. Perl

I used the ZIP file name as the package name. Any other way would require
an information file in the ZIP file, e.g. the DSM I talked about in the
previous mail.