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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt index d1a68b16e..90cd19de4 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ information, Packages delegates control of package version information to the underlying package manager, installing the latest version available through those channels. +.. _server-plugins-generators-packages-magic-groups: + "Magic Groups" ============== @@ -152,14 +154,15 @@ like this: </Sources> .. note:: + The default behavior of the Packages plugin is to not make any assumptions about which packages you want to have added - automatically. For that reason, neither **Recommended** - nor **Suggested** packages are added as dependencies by - default. You will notice that the default behavior for apt is - to add Recommended packages as dependencies. You can configure - the Packages plugin to add recommended packages by adding - the following line immediately following the URL: + automatically. For that reason, neither **Recommended** nor + **Suggested** packages are added as dependencies by default. You + will notice that the default behavior for apt is to add Recommended + packages as dependencies. You can configure the Packages plugin to + add recommended packages by adding the following line immediately + following the **URL**: .. versionadded:: 1.1.0 @@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ Yum sources can be similarly specified: </YUMSource> </Sources> +For sources with a **URL** tag, the **Version** tag is also necessary. + .. note:: There is also a RawURL syntax for specifying APT or YUM sources that don't follow the conventional layout: @@ -268,7 +273,7 @@ Validation ========== A schema for Packages/config.xml is included; config.xml can be validated -using ``bcfg2-repo-validate``. +using ``bcfg2-lint``. .. note:: The schema requires that elements be specified in the above order. |