From: Jelle van der Waa
Describe the PKGINFO format which resides in a package produced makepkg.
---
doc/Makefile.am | 4 +-
doc/PKGINFO.5.asciidoc | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/meson.build | 1 +
3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 doc/PKGINFO.5.asciidoc
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 5c575832..634388e8 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ MANPAGES = \
pacman.conf.5 \
libalpm.3 \
BUILDINFO.5 \
- pacman-conf.8
+ pacman-conf.8 \
+ PKGINFO.5
DOXYGEN_MANS = $(wildcard man3/*.3)
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
makepkg.conf.5.asciidoc \
pacman.conf.5.asciidoc \
BUILDINFO.5.asciidoc \
+ PKGINFO.5.asciidoc \
libalpm.3.asciidoc \
footer.asciidoc \
index.asciidoc \
diff --git a/doc/PKGINFO.5.asciidoc b/doc/PKGINFO.5.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..101ba34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/PKGINFO.5.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/////
+vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet spell spelllang=en_us:
+/////
+PKGINFO(5)
+==========
+
+Name
+----
+PKGINFO - package information file
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+This manual page describes the format of a PKGINFO file found in the root of
+a package created by makepkg. The file contains a description of the package's
+information. The information is formatted in key-value pairs separated by
+a '=', one value per line. Arrays are represented multiple keys with the same
+value.
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+*pkgname*::
+ The name of the package.
+
+*pkgbase*::
+ The base name of a package, usually the same as the pkgname except for
+ split packages.
+
+*pkgver*::
+ The version of the package including pkgrel and epoch.
+
+*pkgdesc*::
+ A description of the software contained in the package.
+
+*url*::
+ The upstream url of the package.
+
+*builddate*::
+ The build date of the package in epoch.
+
+*packager*::
+ The packager of the package formatted "Name <Email>".
+
+*size*::
+ The size of the package in bytes.
+
+*arch*::
+ The architecture of the package.
+
+*license*::
+ The license of the package.
+
+*replaces (array)*::
+ An array of packages that this package should replace.
+
+*group (array)*::
+ An array of names that represent groups of packages.
+
+*conflict (array)*::
+ An array of packages that will conflict with this package.
+
+*provides (array)*::
+ An array of "virtual provisions" this package provides.
+
+*backup (array)*::
+ An array of file names, which should be backed up if the package is removed
+ or upgraded.
+
+*depend (array)*::
+ The dependencies of the package.
+
+*optdepend (array)*::
+ The optional dependencies of the package.
+
+*makedepend (array)*::
+ The make dependencies of the package.
+
+*checkdepend (array)*::
+ The check dependencies of the package.
+
+See Also
+--------
+linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pkgbuild[5]
+
+include::footer.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index a5bcd5b3..2f966616 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ manpages = [
{ 'name': 'libalpm.3' },
{ 'name': 'BUILDINFO.5' },
{ 'name': 'pacman-conf.8' },
+ { 'name': 'PKGINFO.5' },
]
sitepages = [
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