On 23/05/10 00:37, Chris Brannon wrote:
Allan McRae wrote:
Given these packages are obviously not updated much, it would be good to give them a rebuild to get new packaging policies in place such as: *SNIP* - package() functions
Hi, Should we always have a package() function? Are there situations in which it is not appropriate?
package() functions are good as if one is present then fakeroot will not be used during the build() function. However, some packages are all install and no build, so they do not need a separate build() and package() functions. As makepkg-3.3 can not handle PKGBUILDs with a package() function and no build() function, in that case it is best to stick to using just a build() function. (pacman-3.4 will fix that) Allan