[arch-general] new arch user, questions about package management

[Dave Heistand]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Xavier wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Dave Heistand <dheistand at challiance.org> wrote:
> >
> > To me Arch package building is refreshing when compared to my experiences with
> > ebuilds and rpm spec files.  I can't seem to find a list of all the varibles
> > that can be used in a PKGBUILD script though (like $startdir etc), where would
> > I find that info?
> >
> 
> This is missing in the PKGBUILD man page :
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10634

Great, that's what I was looking for.  So, there is nothing like
$mandir, $sysconfdir etc as there is in spec files?  Just want to be
sure.

Thanks for the prompt response.