On 14-02-28 09:23:52, Dan McGee wrote:
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com>wrote:
1. Packagers who want to test the package() function, i.e. to check the content of the pkg/ folder.
2. Developers who want to check how the packaged version of a program looks, in other words how the pkg/ folder looks.
3. For users of systems with no port tree, makepkg can ease package creation. However the resulting archive of the whole makepkg process is often useless.
For all situations, makepkg will usually be called several times. But no archive (the final package) is needed in any cases. The archive creation ends up being a waste of time and resource, especially for big applications and slow machines.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> ---
Not looking at the code, outside of noting this uses a shortopt for a likely not-oft-used feature. So -1 for having '-a', although the idea behind the patch seems fine and accessing it via '--noarchive' seems friendly enough.
You are right, I'll remove it. I'am waiting for other review (if any), then I will submit a new patch. -- Pierre Neidhardt "What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying." -- Nikita Khrushchev