The 'grep -R' in the $srcdir check would not only grep regular files, but also devices, symlinks (that might potentially point outside of $pkgdir), pipes and so on. Use find to ensure only regular files are examined. This should fix https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/19975 --- I haven't tested this yet (no time right now), but this should work and fix the bug. Please review and comment, I may be able to test it later. scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index cbc344d..97bf5da 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ check_package() { done # check for references to the build directory - if grep -R "${srcdir}" "${pkgdir}" &>/dev/null; then + if find "${pkgdir}" -type f -exec grep -q "${srcdir}" {} +; then warning "$(gettext "Package contains reference to %s")" "\$srcdir" fi } -- 1.7.1