Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Obsolete/MovedToTree/PackageManagement/BuildingPackages

Timestamp:

Jun 27, 2011, 7:15:52 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

bonefish

Comment:

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Obsolete/MovedToTree/PackageManagement/BuildingPackages

@@ -24 +24 @@
 === The .PackageInfo ===
 
-The contents of the `.PackageInfo` contains name-value pairs, with the following simple grammar:
+The contents of the `.PackageInfo` adheres to a restricted driver settings syntax. It consists of name-value pairs, following this simple grammar:
 {{{
 package_info    ::= attribute*
-attribute       ::= name "=" value_list
-value_list      ::= value | ( "[" value* "]" )
+attribute       ::= name value_list
+value_list      ::= value | ( "{" value* "}" )
+value           ::= value_item+ ( '\n' | ';' )
 }}}
 
-`name` can be one of the attribute names defined below. `value` is either an unquoted string not containing any whitespace characters or a string enclosed in quotation marks (`"`) which can contain whitespace and also escaped characters (using `\`).
+`name` can be one of the attribute names defined below. `value_item` is either an unquoted string not containing any whitespace characters or a string enclosed in quotation marks (`"` or `'`) which can contain whitespace and also escaped characters (using `\`).
 
 The supported attributes are: