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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH makepkg 8 "April 19, 2003" "makepkg #VERSION#" ""
+.TH makepkg 8 "May 27, 2003" "makepkg #VERSION#" ""
.SH NAME
makepkg \- package build utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pkgname=modutils
pkgver=2.4.13
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Utilities for inserting and removing modules from the linux kernel"
+url="http://www.kernel.org"
backup=(etc/modules.conf)
depends=('glibc>=2.2.5' 'bash' 'zlib')
source=(ftp://ftp.server.com/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz modules.conf)
@@ -187,6 +188,11 @@ This is the release number specific to Arch Linux packages.
This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality.
.TP
+.B url
+This field contains an optional URL that is associated with the piece of software
+being packaged. This is typically the project's website.
+
+.TP
.B backup
A space-delimited array of filenames (without a preceding slash). The
\fIbackup\fP line will be propagated to the package meta-info file for
@@ -226,21 +232,6 @@ by wget.
.SH MAKEPKG OPTIONS
.TP
-.B "\-c, \-\-clean"
-Clean up leftover work files/directories after a successful build.
-.TP
-.B "\-C, \-\-cleancache"
-Removes all source files from the cache directory to free up diskspace.
-.TP
-.B "\-i, \-\-install"
-Install/Upgrade the package after a successful build.
-.TP
-.B "\-s, \-\-syncdeps"
-Install missing dependencies using pacman. When makepkg finds missing
-dependencies, it will run pacman to try and resolve them. If successful,
-pacman will download the missing packages from a package repository and
-install them for you.
-.TP
.B "\-b, \-\-builddeps"
Build missing dependencies from source. When makepkg finds missing
dependencies, it will look for the dependencies' PKGBUILD files under
@@ -248,6 +239,12 @@ $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 "\-c, \-\-clean"
+Clean up leftover work files/directories after a successful build.
+.TP
+.B "\-C, \-\-cleancache"
+Removes all source files from the cache directory to free up diskspace.
+.TP
.B "\-d, \-\-nodeps"
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
@@ -258,12 +255,21 @@ process if all of the dependencies aren't installed.
file already exists in the build directory. You can override this behaviour with
the \fB--force\fP switch.
.TP
-.B "\-w <destdir>"
-Write the resulting package file to the directory \fI<destdir>\fP instead of the
-current working directory.
+.B "\-i, \-\-install"
+Install/Upgrade the package after a successful build.
.TP
.B "\-p <buildscript>"
Read the package script \fI<buildscript>\fP instead of the default (\fIPKGBUILD\fP).
+.TP
+.B "\-s, \-\-syncdeps"
+Install missing dependencies using pacman. When makepkg finds missing
+dependencies, it will run pacman to try and resolve them. If successful,
+pacman will download the missing packages from a package repository and
+install them for you.
+.TP
+.B "\-w <destdir>"
+Write the resulting package file to the directory \fI<destdir>\fP instead of the
+current working directory.
.SH CONFIGURATION
Configuration options are stored in \fI/etc/makepkg.conf\fP. This file is parsed