Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: do not run prepare() with --noextract

The core questions seems to be whether prepare() is part of the source download and extraction process. In my conception, it is. I also normally use prepare() to patch or modify sources, which usually fails without prior extraction. So I would second to not execute prepare() when --noextract is given, but also do execute prepare() when -o / --nobuild is given. Though I doubt many would have the need to, options to restore the current behavior (--prepare & --noprepare) should be provided for everyone depending on it.