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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-08-23 21:53:06 -0500 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-08-23 21:53:06 -0500 |
| commit | 8d88f0c897e5dd531a2c74dd2bca56db56a3c63d (patch) | |
| tree | 9c22fe9b4b38d3761458434c51e25959945e4cd4 /doc | |
| parent | a28868eeae98b28c00f8112e8d81403ad21a3117 (diff) | |
| parent | 3de32a08126480f2a9cd67d09ef104accfde8992 (diff) | |
| download | pacman-8d88f0c897e5dd531a2c74dd2bca56db56a3c63d.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index 2f49ca57..684800eb 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -38,18 +38,21 @@ This will prevent any possible name clashes with internal makepkg variables. For example, to store the base kernel version in a variable, use something similar to `$_basekernver`. -*pkgname*:: +*pkgname (array)*:: The name of the package. This has be a unix-friendly name as it will be - used in the package filename. + used in the package filename. Members of the array are not allowed to start + with hyphens. *pkgver*:: The version of the software as released from the author (e.g. '2.7.1'). + The variable is not allowed to contain hyphens. *pkgrel*:: This is the release number specific to the Arch Linux release. This allows package maintainers to make updates to the package's configure flags, for example. A pkgrel of 1 is typically used for each upstream - software release and is incremented for intermediate PKGBUILD updates. + software release and is incremented for intermediate PKGBUILD updates. The + variable is not allowed to contain hyphens. *pkgdesc*:: This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality. @@ -282,7 +285,8 @@ An optional global directive is available when building a split package: *pkgbase*:: The name used to refer to the group of packages in the output of makepkg and in the naming of source-only tarballs. If not specified, the first - element in the `pkgname` array is used. + element in the `pkgname` array is used. The variable is not allowed to + begin with a hyphen. Install/Upgrade/Remove Scripting -------------------------------- |