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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2008-01-13 17:41:35 -0600 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2008-01-13 18:42:26 -0600 |
| commit | e93b0a2f37a41e8ba38f7ae7aa6f4ec7c5b8664d (patch) | |
| tree | 700d9791998c17537c277ac1df52b5141c3ad2b8 /doc/makepkg.8.txt | |
| parent | 916e226b7839e38d9245ecbef396eb5ba5b6a224 (diff) | |
| download | pacman-e93b0a2f37a41e8ba38f7ae7aa6f4ec7c5b8664d.tar.xz | |
doc: update makepkg options
Add documentation for --holdver (from Scott) and --forcever (saying this
is an internal option that should not be used by most end users), and
re-alphabetize the --asroot option.
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/makepkg.8.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/makepkg.8.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt index 689556d4..8f166a55 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ to use. Options ------- +*\--asroot*:: + Allow makepkg to run as root. This is for security purposes as it is + normally dangerous to do so. This will also disable use of fakeroot and + sudo. + *-A, \--ignorearch*:: Ignore a missing or incomplete arch field in the build script. This is for rebuilding packages from source when the PKGBUILD may be slightly @@ -68,6 +73,11 @@ Options default to the current directory. This allows the built package to be overwritten. +*-forcever*:: + This is a hidden option that should *not* be used unless you really know + what you are doing. makepkg uses this internally when calling itself to + set the new development pkgver of the package. + *-g, \--geninteg*:: For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD, download the file if required and generate integrity checks. The integrity checks @@ -78,6 +88,11 @@ Options *-h, \--help*:: Output syntax and command line options. +*\--holdver*:: + Useful when building development versions of packages. Prevents makepkg + from automatically bumping the pkgver to the latest revision number in + the package's development tree. + *-i, \--install*:: Install or upgrade the package after a successful build using linkman:pacman[8]. @@ -108,11 +123,6 @@ Options dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed. -*\--asroot*:: - Allow makepkg to run as root. This is for security purposes as it is - normally dangerous to do so. This will also disable use of fakeroot and - sudo. - *\--source*:: Do not actually build the package, but build a source-only tarball. This is useful for passing a single tarball to another program such as a |