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author | Judd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org> | 2006-02-03 00:41:31 +0100 |
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committer | Judd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org> | 2006-02-03 00:41:31 +0100 |
commit | fe0b4cccb2539165657b7f06bb0a6a1123377798 (patch) | |
tree | e2f2a0d49c0b92e5ff975ea7fb0022f893df9a34 /doc/makepkg.8.in | |
parent | bd25319775249fe52d6e0353c984d682d457ecc2 (diff) | |
download | pacman-fe0b4cccb2539165657b7f06bb0a6a1123377798.tar.gz pacman-fe0b4cccb2539165657b7f06bb0a6a1123377798.tar.xz |
changes merged from 2.9.8 -- clarified license usage, new options var in PKGBUILDs, --noprogressbar pacman switch...
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diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.in b/doc/makepkg.8.in index a39dcff5..8561f4c6 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.8.in +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH makepkg 8 "August 3, 2004" "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" "" +.TH makepkg 8 "January 30, 2006" "makepkg #VERSION#" "" .SH NAME makepkg \- package build utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -236,9 +236,26 @@ This is the release number specific to Arch Linux packages. This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality. .TP -.B force -This is used to force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even +.B options +This array allows you to override some of makepkg's default behaviour +when building packages. To set an option, just include the option name +in the \fBoptions\fP array. +.TP +.RS +\fIAvailable Options:\fP +.RS +.TP +.B FORCE +force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even if its an older version. +.TP +.B KEEPDOCS +do not remove /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/info directories. +.TP +.B NOSTRIP +do not strip debugging symbols from binaries and libraries. +.RE +.RE .TP .B url @@ -247,8 +264,17 @@ being packaged. This is typically the project's website. .TP .B license -Sets the license type (eg, "GPL", "BSD", "NON-FREE"). (\fBNote\fP: This -option is still in development and may change in the future) +This field specifies the license(s) that apply to the package. Commonly-used +licenses are typically found in \fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP. If you +see the package's license there, simply reference it in the license field +(eg, \fBlicense="GPL"\fP). If the package provides a license not found in +\fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP, then you should include the license in +the package itself and set \fBlicense="custom"\fP or \fBlicense="custom:LicenseName"\fP. +The license itself should be placed in a directory called +\fI$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname\fP. +.TP +.RE +If multiple licenses are applied, use the array form: \fBlicenses=('GPL' 'FDL')\fP .TP .B install @@ -331,6 +357,9 @@ $ABSROOT (set in your /etc/makepkg.conf). If it finds them it will run another copy of makepkg to build and install the missing dependencies. The child makepkg calls will be made with the \fB-b\fP and \fB-i\fP options. .TP +.B "\-B, \-\-noccache" +Do not use ccache during build. +.TP .B "\-c, \-\-clean" Clean up leftover work files/directories after a successful build. .TP @@ -342,6 +371,11 @@ Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you override/ignore any dependencies required. There's a good chance this option will break the build process if all of the dependencies aren't installed. .TP +.B "\-e, \-\-noextract" +Do not extract source files. Instead, use whatever already exists in the +src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually +patch/tweak code, then make a package out of the result. +.TP .B "\-f, \-\-force" \fBmakepkg\fP will not build a package if a \fIpkgname-pkgver-pkgrel.pkg.tar.gz\fP file already exists in the build directory. You can override this behaviour with @@ -384,9 +418,23 @@ or run-time dependencies, it will run pacman to try and resolve them. If succes pacman will download the missing packages from a package repository and install them for you. .TP +.B "\-S, \-\-sudosync" +Install missing dependencies using pacman and sudo. This is the same as \fB-s\fP +except that makepkg will call pacman with sudo. This means you don't have to +build as root to use dependency auto-resolution. +.TP .B "\-w <destdir>" Write the resulting package file to the directory \fI<destdir>\fP instead of the current working directory. +.TP +.B "\-\-noconfirm" +When calling pacman to resolve dependencies or conflicts, makepkg can pass +the \fI--noconfirm\fP option to it so it does not wait for any user +input before proceeding with operations. +.TP +.B "\-\-noprogressbar" +When calling pacman, makepkg can pass the \fI--noprogressbar\fP option to it. +This is useful if one is directing makepkg's output to a non-terminal (ie, a file). .SH CONFIGURATION Configuration options are stored in \fI/etc/makepkg.conf\fP. This file is parsed |