Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> --- This is a RFC patch. I would like comments on the documentation I have written. I find it hard to write documentation for features I implemented as I know what I am talking about, even if no-one else does... (I haven't actually checked that the docs still build after these changes.) doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ doc/makepkg.8.txt | 6 +++--- scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 2 +- 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index e1ea632..e2f19ac 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -264,6 +264,25 @@ combination with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakero usage will be limited to running the packaging stage. The build() function will be run as the user calling makepkg. +Package Splitting +----------------- +makepkg supports building multiple packages from a single PKGBUILD. This is achieved +by assigning an array of package names to the `pkgname` directive. Each sub-package +uses a corresponding package function with name `package_foo()`, where `foo` is the +name of the package. + +All options and directives for the split packages default to the global values given +within the PKGBUILD. However, some of these can be overridden within each sub-package's +package function. The following variables can be overridden: `pkgdesc`, `license`, +`groups`, `depends`, `optdepends`, `provides`, `conflicts`, `replaces`, `backup`, +`options` and `install`. + +An additional directive is available when building a split package: + +*pkgbase*:: + The name used to refer to the group of packages in the output of makepkg. + Also, used when creating source-only tarballs. + Install/Upgrade/Remove Scripting -------------------------------- Pacman has the ability to store and execute a package-specific script when it diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt index fb2e805..e480d8e 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt @@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ Options during dependency auto-resolution and installation when using `-s`. *-R, \--repackage*:: - Repackage contents of pkg/ without rebuilding the package. This is - useful if you forgot a depend or install file in your PKGBUILD and the - build itself will not change. + Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding the package. This + is useful if you forgot a depend or install file in your PKGBUILD and + the build itself will not change. *-s, \--syncdeps*:: Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index ebc19bc..fefcc73 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ usage() { printf "$(gettext " -p <buildscript> Use an alternate build script (instead of '%s')")\n" "$BUILDSCRIPT" echo "$(gettext " -r, --rmdeps Remove installed dependencies after a successful build")" # fix flyspray feature request #2978 - echo "$(gettext " -R, --repackage Repackage contents of pkg/ without building")" + echo "$(gettext " -R, --repackage Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding")" echo "$(gettext " -s, --syncdeps Install missing dependencies with pacman")" echo "$(gettext " --allsource Generate a source-only tarball including downloaded sources")" echo "$(gettext " --asroot Allow makepkg to run as root user")" -- 1.6.3