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authorCedric Staniewski <cedric@gmx.ca>2009-10-27 12:56:13 +0100
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2009-11-15 19:33:03 -0600
commit4d2ec3751c6e7ee47cdb784ed5cab0992f03c9dc (patch)
treee11f5e44815a23e022391a460a570221da7f6d24 /doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
parent564352c4a2d12050d7b4c386e972976a24f1f993 (diff)
makepkg: allow the use of only a package() function
For some packages, generally the 'any' arch ones, a build step is not required and therefore can be skipped. In these cases, a package() function without a build() one is sufficient. As a side effect, this commit makes meta packages without any function at all in the PKGBUILD possible. Fixes FS#15147. Signed-off-by: Cedric Staniewski <cedric@gmx.ca> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index 28dd8c7c..2d6589b2 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`.
build() Function
----------------
-In addition to the above directives, the build() bash function comprises the
-remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed by makepkg, so
-anything that bash or the system has available is available for use here. Be
-sure any exotic commands used are covered by `makedepends`.
+In addition to the above directives, the optional build() bash function usually
+comprises the remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed by
+makepkg, so anything that bash or the system has available is available for use
+here. Be sure any exotic commands used are covered by `makedepends`.
All of the above variables such as `pkgname` and `pkgver` are available for use
in the build function. In addition, makepkg defines three variables for your
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ package() Function
An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build() function.
This function is run immediately after the build() function. When specified in
combination with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot
-usage will be limited to running the packaging stage. The build() function will be
-run as the user calling makepkg.
+usage will be limited to running the packaging stage. An existing build() function
+will be run as the user calling makepkg.
Package Splitting
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