The function of -b have to exist, but not in makepkg, because the task of -b likes more to abs, so should have a script in abs that do this task. So, take off -b of makepkg, and put on it in abs. Thats it. On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
fredagen den 2 maj 2008 skrev Xavier:
I don't think they have to coexist. I used -s a billion times (well, every single time makepkg complained about missing deps), and I didn't use -b once. And I would think I am not alone in that case.
I have used -b a million times. If you want to build a single package, with all dependencies, from source, you need it. Co-existence of -s and -b would make it much more useful. Actually, I used such a version when:
shakti:~$ find /server/srv/ftp/archi586/ -name '*-i586.pkg.tar.gz' | wc 2587 2587 173147 shakti:~$
I did not build all those packages by hand, but with the help of makepkg -b and makeworld. Both very useful, and both custom patched.
Sorry if that wasn't clear, I didn't mean to say makepkg -b was useless, I meant to say it's for a particular usage (for example : building for another architecture like i586), just like makeworld is. Both tools seem to be useful for that situation, and both seem tied to abs, so in my opinion they would fit best there.
_______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list pacman-dev@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev