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authorScott Horowitz <stonecrest@gmail.com>2007-10-29 21:25:30 -0600
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-10-29 22:47:48 -0500
commitaea45a8b20c786358cfe782b4e3ac37c7d9dbe37 (patch)
tree1435a8e733d9da9c5961849fdcf88e3e364eb765 /doc/makepkg.8.txt
parentdede5371e7c11ceb6ea36ba770672d61aa9b9002 (diff)
downloadpacman-aea45a8b20c786358cfe782b4e3ac37c7d9dbe37.tar.xz
Small updates to documentation.
Signed-off-by: Scott Horowitz <stonecrest@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Options
*-e, \--noextract*::
Do not extract source files; use whatever source already exists in the
- src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually
+ src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src/ and manually
patch or tweak code, then make a package out of the result. Keep in mind
that creating a patch may be a better solution to allow others to use
your PKGBUILD.
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Options
building.
*-p* <`buildscript`>::
- Read the package script `buildscript` instead of the default, see
- manlink:PKGBUILD[5].
+ Read the package script `buildscript` instead of the `PKGBUILD` default;
+ see manlink:PKGBUILD[5].
*-r, \--rmdeps*::
Upon successful build, remove any dependencies installed by makepkg
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ Options
build itself will not change.
*-s, \--syncdeps*::
- Install missing dependencies using pacman. When missing build-time or
- run-time dependencies are found, pacman will try to resolve them. If
+ Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time
+ dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If
successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed.
*\--asroot*::
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ Options
useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file.
+Additional Features
+-------------------
+makepkg supports building development versions of packages without having to
+manually update the pkgver in the PKGBUILD. This was formerly done using the
+separate utility 'versionpkg'. See manlink:PKGBUILD[5] for details on how to
+set up a development PKGBUILD.
+
+
Configuration
-------------
See manlink:makepkg.conf[5] for more details on configuring makepkg using the