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-rw-r--r--doc/makepkg.8.txt3
-rw-r--r--doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt8
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diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index e61f7ab3..f15226ac 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ Environment Variables
Folder where the downloaded sources will be stored. Overrides the
corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
+**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/folder"::
+ Folder where the package will be built. Overrides the corresponding
+ value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5].
Configuration
-------------
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index 48f5ef56..aa0174cb 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ Options
running in the DistCC cluster. In addition, you will want to modify your
`MAKEFLAGS`.
+**BUILDDIR=**"/path/to/folder"::
+ If this value is not set, packages will by default be built in
+ subdirectories of the directory that makepkg is called from. This
+ option allows setting the build location to another folder.
+ Incorrect use of `$startdir` in a PKGBUILD may cause building with
+ this option to fail.
+
+
**GPGKEY=**""::
Specify a key to use for gpg signing instead of the default key in the
keyring. Can be overridden with makepkg's `--key` option.