[aur-general] My first PKGBUILD (ttf font)

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Ian Brunton

15 May 2011 15 May '11

12:54 p.m.

This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file? PKGBUILD and install file are attached. Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com

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PKGBUILD.txt (text/plain — 599 bytes)
ttf-digital-readout.install (text/plain — 243 bytes)

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jesse jaara

15 May 15 May

1:02 p.m.

2011/5/15 Ian Brunton

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com/home/cave-johnson/aur http://laygeek.wordpress.com

Set license as 'custom' and then copy the license file to /usr/share/licenses/ttf-digital-readout/ dir. Also yo should add "" around every statement that has pkgdir or srcdir in it. This is due to that if user build build this package on a dir, wich name contains a space example cp command can become like cp /home/cave-johnson/aur builds/../*ttf /home.../aur builds/pkg... as you see this would copy file /home/cave-johnson/aur builds/../*ttf and /home/cave-johnson/aur (2nd time XD) to folder builds/pkg... and that not we want. so add "" so that the space charter is treated as part of the filename and not as separator for arguments. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

Kwpolska

1:09 p.m.

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

jesse jaara

1:11 p.m.

2011/5/15 Kwpolska

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Oh does is work now if you only have package and no build? It used to not, at least not for me. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

Kwpolska

1:15 p.m.

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 04:11:48PM +0300, jesse jaara wrote:

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2011/5/15 Kwpolska

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Oh does is work now if you only have package and no build? It used to not, at least not for me.

-- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

It works. I've used it in faenza-cupertino-icon-theme. It bulit. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Lukas Fleischer

5:53 p.m.

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 04:11:48PM +0300, jesse jaara wrote:

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2011/5/15 Kwpolska

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Oh does is work now if you only have package and no build? It used to not, at least not for me.

Yes [1]. [1] http://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/commit/?id=f08fbbe8

Ian Brunton

1:24 p.m.

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 03:09:47PM +0200, Kwpolska wrote:

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Thanks. I used build() because that's what's in the wiki's page about creating font packages (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts#Creating_a_package). I've changed it now. -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com

cantabile

9:19 p.m.

On 05/15/2011 04:24 PM, Ian Brunton wrote:

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 03:09:47PM +0200, Kwpolska wrote:

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0300, Ian Brunton wrote:

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This is my first attempt at creating a package. It's for a TTF font. I know it works, at least on my machine. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether I've put everything together correctly. Specifically, I'm unsure about how to handle the license; this font comes with a custom "freeware EULA" which is available on the original website and is included in the ZIP file; what would be the most correct way to specify the license in the PKGBUILD file?

PKGBUILD and install file are attached.

Thank you -- Ian Brunton iandbrunton@gmail.com http://laygeek.wordpress.com Apply Jesse Jarra's changes, change build() to package() and you'll be fine. -- Cheers, -- Kwpolska (http://kwpolska.co.cc) O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

Thanks. I used build() because that's what's in the wiki's page about creating font packages (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts#Creating_a_package). I've changed it now.

Whether you use build() or package() isn't terribly important. build() is for compiling and such and package() is for placing the files in the right locations. Since you only do the latter, package() is the most appropriate choice. You should use "install" instead of mkdir and cp. With "install" you can set the permissions, create all the necessary folders and copy the files, all in one command (well, one for the fonts, one for the license). It comes with a manual. :P -- cantabile "Jayne is a girl's name." -- River

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