sbotools.hints(5)

NAME

sbotools.hints - script-specific hints for sbotools

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/sbotools/sbotools.hints file is used to give sbotools hints about individual scripts. Four kinds of hints are recognized:
    • blacklist • optional reverse dependencies • automatic reverse dependency rebuilds • test failures are ignored by sboupgrade(1)
Please note that all requests apply equally to the compat32 versions of the scripts; specific requests for compat32 scripts are unsupported.

If a script is blacklisted, it can neither be included in build queues nor removed by sboremove(1). To blacklist a script, place it on its own line with no whitespace, prepending an exclamation mark:
    !javacc
Blacklist entries supersede optional dependency requests.

To ask sboupgrade(1) and sboinstall(1) to rebuild a script's reverse dependencies upon upgrade or reinstall, place the name of the script on its own line with no whitespace, prepending a tilde:
    ~libmodplug

Many scripts on SlackBuilds.org have optional dependencies. To make sbotools recognize one or more optional dependencies for a script, make a space-delineated list of optional dependencies and place the name of the script at the end:
    libcacard spice libiscsi qemu
Commented lines are ignored. There should not be whitespace to the left of any entry.

To ask sboupgrade(1) to ignore test failures for a script when called with --all-plus-failures, place the name of the script on its own line with no whitespace, prepending a percent sign:
    %zoom-linux

sbohints(1) can also be used to interface with this file. To use a configuration directory other than /etc/sbotools, export an environment variable SBOTOOLS_CONF_DIR with an absolute path.

SEE ALSO

sbocheck(1), sboclean(1), sboconfig(1), sbocutleaves(1), sbofind(1), sbohints(1), sboinstall(1), sboremove(1), sbotool(1), sboupgrade(1), sbotools.colors(5), sbotools.conf(5)

AUTHORS

Jacob Pipkin <jacob.pipkin@icloud.com>

Luke Williams <xocel@iquidus.org>

Andreas Guldstrand <andreas.guldstrand@gmail.com>

MAINTAINER

K. Eugene Carlson <kvngncrlsn@gmail.com>