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| author | Scott Horowitz <stonecrest@gmail.com> | 2007-10-29 21:25:30 -0600 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2007-10-29 22:47:48 -0500 |
| commit | aea45a8b20c786358cfe782b4e3ac37c7d9dbe37 (patch) | |
| tree | 1435a8e733d9da9c5961849fdcf88e3e364eb765 /doc/makepkg.8.txt | |
| parent | dede5371e7c11ceb6ea36ba770672d61aa9b9002 (diff) | |
| download | pacman-aea45a8b20c786358cfe782b4e3ac37c7d9dbe37.tar.xz | |
Small updates to documentation.
Signed-off-by: Scott Horowitz <stonecrest@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/makepkg.8.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/makepkg.8.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt index 02d29f32..b1abd650 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Options *-e, \--noextract*:: Do not extract source files; use whatever source already exists in the - src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually + src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src/ and manually patch or tweak code, then make a package out of the result. Keep in mind that creating a patch may be a better solution to allow others to use your PKGBUILD. @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Options building. *-p* <`buildscript`>:: - Read the package script `buildscript` instead of the default, see - manlink:PKGBUILD[5]. + Read the package script `buildscript` instead of the `PKGBUILD` default; + see manlink:PKGBUILD[5]. *-r, \--rmdeps*:: Upon successful build, remove any dependencies installed by makepkg @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ Options build itself will not change. *-s, \--syncdeps*:: - Install missing dependencies using pacman. When missing build-time or - run-time dependencies are found, pacman will try to resolve them. If + Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time + dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed. *\--asroot*:: @@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ Options useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file. +Additional Features +------------------- +makepkg supports building development versions of packages without having to +manually update the pkgver in the PKGBUILD. This was formerly done using the +separate utility 'versionpkg'. See manlink:PKGBUILD[5] for details on how to +set up a development PKGBUILD. + + Configuration ------------- See manlink:makepkg.conf[5] for more details on configuring makepkg using the |