As per discussion at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41186 here is a patch adding a -r and --root option to abs so a user can specify an alternate ABSROOT, e.g. a user can type: abs -r. core/linux instead of the cumbersome looking: ABSROOT=. abs core/linux I will update this in the wiki at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels/Compilation/Arch_Build_System if this patch gets accepted. --- a/abs 2014-07-01 00:26:01.047766500 +0800 +++ b/abs 2015-07-11 09:15:38.410677329 +0800 @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ ## [ -f ~/.abs.conf ] && source ~/.abs.conf +ABSROOT_DEFAULT="$ABSROOT" + ## # Helper functions ## @@ -79,13 +81,15 @@ echo "$0 [options] [repository1[/package1] [repository2[/package2] ...]]" echo echo "Options:" - echo " -h, --help Display this help message then exit." - echo " -V, --version Display version information then exit." - echo " -t, --tarball Sync ABS tree using tarballs from your pacman mirror." + echo " -h, --help Display this help message then exit." + echo " -V, --version Display version information then exit." + echo " -t, --tarball Sync ABS tree using tarballs from pacman mirror." + echo " -r, --root <dir> Sync to specified dir rather than $ABSROOT_DEFAULT." echo echo "abs will synchronize PKGBUILD scripts from the Arch Linux repositories" - echo "into $ABSROOT via rsync. If no argument is given, abs will synchronize" - echo "the repositories specified in ${CONFDIR}abs.conf." + echo "into $ABSROOT_DEFAULT (or where you specify -r/--root) via rsync." + echo "If no argument is given, abs will synchronize the repositories" + echo "specified in ${CONFDIR}abs.conf." echo echo "Report bugs to $BUG_REPORT_EMAIL with [ABS] in the subject" } @@ -218,8 +222,8 @@ ## # Parse Options ## -OPT_SHORT="hVt" -OPT_LONG="help,version,tarball" +OPT_SHORT="hVtr:" +OPT_LONG="help,version,tarball,root:" OPT_TEMP="$(getopt -o "$OPT_SHORT" -l "$OPT_LONG" -n "$(basename "$0")" -- "$@" || echo 'GETOPT GO BANG!')" if echo "$OPT_TEMP" | grep -q 'GETOPT GO BANG!'; then # This is a small hack to stop the script bailing with 'set -e' @@ -233,6 +237,7 @@ -h|--help) usage; exit $_E_OK;; -V|--version) version; exit $_E_OK;; -t|--tarball) TARBALL=1;; + -r|--root) ABSROOT="$2"; shift;; --) OPT_IND=0; shift; break;; *) usage; exit $_E_INVALID_OPTION;; -- bulletmark.