makepkg: ensure vcs download tool are installed when required

Add an array VCSCLIENTS to makepkg.conf that matches vcs source protocols
to the package containing the software needed for handling the source.

Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index af4df201..4dc3b388 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ Options
 	be replaced with the local file name, plus a ``.part'' extension, which allows
 	makepkg to handle resuming file downloads.
 
+**VCSCLIENTS=(**\'protocol::package' ...**)**::
+	Sets the packages required to fetch version controlled source files. When
+	required, makepkg will check that these packages are installed or are included
+	in the `depends` or `makedepends` arrays in the PKGBUILD.
+
 **CARCH=**"carch"::
 	Specifies your computer architecture; possible values include such things
 	as ``i686'', ``x86_64'', ``ppc'', etc. This should be automatically set on