Caught this noted on the forums, but it is definitely worth a note in the manpage as well. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- For maint. doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index fdb868a..8bdb3c6 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -235,9 +235,11 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`. build() Function ---------------- In addition to the above directives, the optional build() bash function usually -comprises the remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed by -makepkg, so anything that bash or the system has available is available for use -here. Be sure any exotic commands used are covered by `makedepends`. +comprises the remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed +by makepkg, so anything that bash or the system has available is available for +use here. The function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits +with a non-zero status will cause the function to exit. Be sure any exotic +commands used are covered by `makedepends`. All of the above variables such as `pkgname` and `pkgver` are available for use in the build function. In addition, makepkg defines three variables for your @@ -261,10 +263,12 @@ the build function. package() Function ------------------ -An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build() function. -This function is run immediately after the build() function. When specified in -combination with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot -usage will be limited to running the packaging stage. An existing build() function +An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build() +function. This function is run immediately after the build() function. The +function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits with a +non-zero status will cause the function to exit. When specified in combination +with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot usage +will be limited to running the packaging stage. An existing build() function will be run as the user calling makepkg. Package Splitting -- 1.7.3.3