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| author | Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> | 2016-03-28 16:24:22 +1000 |
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| committer | Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> | 2016-05-05 13:57:32 +1000 |
| commit | 5469161dad387b71d605cfeb2c6c369df6f939e3 (patch) | |
| tree | aa356ec34339bfa3681908cde8e6fd7d924fe1d0 | |
| parent | 07ccbc26914bea24983931532b97661a75b8a53c (diff) | |
| download | pacman-5469161dad387b71d605cfeb2c6c369df6f939e3.tar.xz | |
PKGBUILD.5: document that the pkgver() function runs after prepare()
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
(cherry picked from commit 59010386106eded2ee67798fa80215f250a53761)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index e410481b..4b4a22cd 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ similar to `$_basekernver`. + The `pkgver` variable can be automatically updated by providing a `pkgver()` function in the PKGBUILD that outputs the new package version. -This is run after downloading and extracting the sources so it can use those -files in determining the new `pkgver`. -This is most useful when used with sources from version control systems (see -below). +This is run after downloading and extracting the sources and running the +`prepare()` function (if present), so it can use those files in determining the +new `pkgver`. This is most useful when used with sources from version control +systems (see below). *pkgrel*:: This is the release number specific to the Arch Linux release. This |