@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ dependencies = [
330330
331331* [ ` Dependency ` ] ( @ref ) specify a JLL package that is necessary to build and load
332332 the current builder. Binaries for the target platform will be installed;
333+ * [ ` RuntimeDependency ` ] ( @ref ) : a JLL package that is necessary only at runtime. Its
334+ artifact will not be installed in the prefix during the build.
333335* [ ` BuildDependency ` ] ( @ref ) is a JLL package necessary only to build the current
334336 package, but not to load it. This dependency will install binaries for the
335337 target platforms and will not be added to the list of the dependencies of the
@@ -338,11 +340,11 @@ dependencies = [
338340 install binaries for the host system. This kind of dependency is usually
339341 added to provide some binary utilities to run during the build process.
340342
341- The argument of ` Dependency ` , ` BuildDependency ` , and ` HostBuildDependency ` can
342- also be a ` Pkg.PackageSpec ` , with which you can specify more details about the
343- dependency, like a version number, or also a non-registered package. Note that
344- in Yggdrasil only JLL packages in the [ General
345- registry] ( https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General ) can be accepted.
343+ The argument of ` Dependency ` , ` RuntimeDependency ` , ` BuildDependency ` , and
344+ ` HostBuildDependency ` can also be a ` Pkg.PackageSpec ` , with which you can
345+ specify more details about the dependency, like a version number, or also a
346+ non-registered package. Note that in Yggdrasil only JLL packages in the
347+ [ General registry] ( https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General ) can be accepted.
346348
347349The dependencies for the target system (` Dependency ` and ` BuildDependency ` ) will
348350be installed under ` ${prefix} ` within the build environment, while the
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ Examples of builders that depend on other binaries include:
358360 depends on ` Xorg_libxcb_jll ` , and ` Xorg_xtrans_jll ` at build- and run-time,
359361 and on ` Xorg_xorgproto_jll ` and ` Xorg_util_macros_jll ` only at build-time.
360362
361- ### Platform-dependent dependencies
363+ ### Platform-specific dependencies
362364
363365By default, all dependencies are used for all platforms, but there are some
364366cases where a package requires some dependencies only on some platforms. You
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