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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2008-01-14 00:41:35 +0100
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2008-01-14 01:42:26 +0100
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doc: update makepkg options
Add documentation for --holdver (from Scott) and --forcever (saying this is an internal option that should not be used by most end users), and re-alphabetize the --asroot option. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
-rw-r--r--doc/makepkg.8.txt20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index 689556d4..8f166a55 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ to use.
Options
-------
+*\--asroot*::
+ Allow makepkg to run as root. This is for security purposes as it is
+ normally dangerous to do so. This will also disable use of fakeroot and
+ sudo.
+
*-A, \--ignorearch*::
Ignore a missing or incomplete arch field in the build script. This is
for rebuilding packages from source when the PKGBUILD may be slightly
@@ -68,6 +73,11 @@ Options
default to the current directory. This allows the built package to be
overwritten.
+*-forcever*::
+ This is a hidden option that should *not* be used unless you really know
+ what you are doing. makepkg uses this internally when calling itself to
+ set the new development pkgver of the package.
+
*-g, \--geninteg*::
For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD, download the file
if required and generate integrity checks. The integrity checks
@@ -78,6 +88,11 @@ Options
*-h, \--help*::
Output syntax and command line options.
+*\--holdver*::
+ Useful when building development versions of packages. Prevents makepkg
+ from automatically bumping the pkgver to the latest revision number in
+ the package's development tree.
+
*-i, \--install*::
Install or upgrade the package after a successful build using
linkman:pacman[8].
@@ -108,11 +123,6 @@ Options
dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If
successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed.
-*\--asroot*::
- Allow makepkg to run as root. This is for security purposes as it is
- normally dangerous to do so. This will also disable use of fakeroot and
- sudo.
-
*\--source*::
Do not actually build the package, but build a source-only tarball. This
is useful for passing a single tarball to another program such as a