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Clarify and shorten the '-[0-9]* should be used instead of -*' section

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.197 2001/09/30 22:10:33 abs Exp $
# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.198 2001/10/02 11:15:29 abs Exp $
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@ -1986,16 +1986,8 @@ packages. The dependency is checked when installing the binary
package and any package which matches the pattern will be used.
Wildcard dependencies should be used with care.
For example, if a package needs any version of Tk installed, but does
not require an explicit version of Tk:
DEPENDS+= tk-*:../../x11/tk80
would also match e.g. tk-postgresql-6.5.3, which is not what was
needed. ALWAYS ensure that the wildcard doesn't match more than it should,
and perhaps use version numbers to make certain:
BUILD_DEPENDS+= perl-5.*:../../lang/perl
The -[0-9]* should be used instead of -* to avoid potentially
ambiguous matches such as tk-postgresql matching a tk-* DEPEND.
(c) If your package needs some executable to be able to run correctly, this
is specified using the DEPENDS definition. The pkgsrc/print/lyx package needs