Doug, thanks for the reply.
The only real issue I see is using $pkgdir in the build function. It's not well defined at that point, and should not be relied on. Using that as a prefix doesn't really make sense anyway, prefix is for the install location, such as /usr/ or /opt/$pkgname/.
ah, thanks. i notice (now) the prototype in "Arch package guidelines" ---- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_package_guidelines ---- has a build function that does `./configure --prefix=/usr`. is that safer than a plain `./configure`? or, does `make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}"/ install "strong enough" to (typically) deal with the default used by `./configure`?
Lines 44 and 49-53 can all be replaced by just install -Dm644 LICENSE -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/"
thanks. i had seen others using `install` in this way, and had thought of looking at the man page to understand.
All of the other files, (LICENSE, Makefile, README.*) are extraneous and aren't really going to do anything in the AUR.
right. but, is it okay to leave them there? it seems like having them there simplifies my life a bit (everything in a single git repository). cheers, Greg