Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of Obsolete/MovedToTree/PackageManagement/BuildingPackages

Timestamp:

Apr 19, 2013, 2:25:07 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

bonefish

Comment:

Relax package/entity name restrictions

Obsolete/MovedToTree/PackageManagement/BuildingPackages

@@ -35 +35 @@
 
 The supported attributes are:
- * `name`: The name of the package, not including the package version. Must only contain `<alphanum_underline_dot>` characters.
+ * `name`: The name of the package, not including the package version. Must only contain `entity_name_char` characters.
+{{{
+entity_name_char        ::= any character but '-', '/', '=', '!', '<', '>', or whitespace
+}}}
  * `version`: The version of the package. The string must have the `version` format (see the [wiki:PackageManagement/BuildingPackages#VersionStrings Version Strings] section).
  * `architecture`: The system architecture the package has been built for. Can be either of:
@@ -55 +58 @@
 {{{
 entity          ::= entity_name [ "=" version_ref ] [ ( "compat" | "compatible" ) ">=" version_ref ]
-entity_name     ::= [ entity_type ":" ] alphanum_underline_dot+
+entity_name     ::= [ entity_type ":" ] entity_name_char+
 entity_type     ::= "lib" | "cmd" | "app" | "add_on"
 }}}