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@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
that have more than one leading component to strip, set this
variable with the value to be passed to tar. Default: 1.
+* +LIBFOO_EXCLUDES+ is a space-separated list of patterns to exclude
+ when extracting the archive. Each item from that list is passed as
+ a tar's +--exclude+ option. By default, empty.
+
* +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package
name) that are required for the current target package to
compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and
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