On Wed 18 Sep 2013 at 20:00, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:
On 18 September 2013 06:18, Xyne <xyne@archlinux.ca> wrote:
Jonathan Steel wrote:
$_gitname is $srcdir/$_gitname, not $startdir/$_gitname, so it's fine. To double-check I set $SRCDEST to point somewhere else and it builds fine still.
You're right. Looking at the source of makepkg, I see now that all functions cd into $srcdir. I still prefer the "$srcdir/$_gitname" format as it is explicit and future-proof, but there is currently no technical reason to do so.
I was told by at least one pacman dev (can't quite recall who or via which communication channel) that this practice should not be obsoleted; we should continue to navigate into $srcdir before doing anything.
Thanks both, I agree specifically using $srcdir would be clearer/better practice. I'll update my git packages accordingly next time I touch them. -- Jonathan Steel