Comments on: New PKGBUILD syntax options with pacman-3.3 http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/ One day this will feature a witty tagline… Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allan http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/#comment-56 Allan Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:44:32 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=171#comment-56 From the man page: The following variables can be overridden: pkgdesc, license, groups, depends, optdepends, provides, conflicts, replaces, backup, options and install. The "arch" variable is handled differently than others in makepkg (due to CARCH being defined in makepkg.conf) so I guess this was never really thought about. Should be a simple fix but given the close proximity to release, it may only appear in pacman 3.3.1. From the man page:
The following variables can be overridden: pkgdesc, license, groups, depends, optdepends, provides, conflicts, replaces, backup, options and install.

The “arch” variable is handled differently than others in makepkg (due to CARCH being defined in makepkg.conf) so I guess this was never really thought about. Should be a simple fix but given the close proximity to release, it may only appear in pacman 3.3.1.

]]> By: Abhishek http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/#comment-55 Abhishek Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:23:24 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=171#comment-55 I suppose arch can also be overridden? Then we can have architecture-independent doc packages; if it'll be useful I'll write a namcap information rule which will suggest separating documentation etc into a different package based on the relative size of /usr/share. I suppose arch can also be overridden? Then we can have architecture-independent
doc packages; if it’ll be useful I’ll write a namcap information rule which will suggest
separating documentation etc into a different package based on the relative size
of /usr/share.

]]> By: Allan http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/#comment-54 Allan Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:28:32 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=171#comment-54 The idea with package splitting is to compile once to make several packages. If you need to compile twice with different configuration options, then you need two packages The idea with package splitting is to compile once to make several packages. If you need to compile twice with different configuration options, then you need two packages

]]> By: Magnus http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/#comment-53 Magnus Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:17:37 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=171#comment-53 Yes, nice features indeed. Willl the split package feature allow multiple compilation of the same source, e.g. so that the same PKGBUILD could be used to build different versions of Vim (e.g. one with X, one without, etc)? Yes, nice features indeed. Willl the split package feature allow multiple compilation of the same source, e.g. so that the same PKGBUILD could be used to build different versions of Vim (e.g. one with X, one without, etc)?

]]> By: Sébastien Duquette http://allanmcrae.com/2009/07/new-pkgbuild-syntax-options-with-pacman-33/#comment-52 Sébastien Duquette Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:23:56 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=171#comment-52 Nice new features, the split packages will be very useful. I'm looking forward for this new release. Nice new features, the split packages will be very useful. I’m looking forward for this new release.

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