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authorEnjolras <0enjolras0@laposte.net>2012-07-28 11:20:11 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2012-08-01 09:18:06 -0500
commiteb25a18571d97c20046784f7c8a9815dc40512c7 (patch)
treee8f0b98e16f48b4db36dd29380a9dc8864e89a24 /doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
parent065b7f863a25dac3699c23258b986312f4caac1c (diff)
Add documentation for the prepare() function
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@ If you create any variables of your own in the build function, it is
recommended to use the bash `local` keyword to scope the variable to inside
the build function.
+prepare() Function
+------------------
+An optional prepare() function can be specified in which operations that are
+to be run in order to prepare the sources for building (such as patching) are
+performed. This function is run after the source extraction and before the
+build() function and is skipped when source extraction is skipped. The
+function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits with a
+non-zero status will cause the function to exit.
+
check() Function
----------------
An optional check() function can be specified in which a packages test-suite