[arch-general] makepkg patch - generate .SRCINFO file when running "--source"

[Muhammed Uluyol]

Why not make new arrays?
i686depends, x86_64depends, i686source, etc.

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:51 AM, vlad <vla at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 03:38:10PM +0200, Jakob Gruber wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 July 2010 15:25:56 vlad wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > Here is a
> > patch against makepkg from git which introduces a new function
> > >
> > "write_srcinfo()". This generates a file .SRCINFO - like the .PKGINFO
> > > one
> > - when "makepkg --source" is run and then it is added to the src.tar.gz
> > >
> > archive.
> >
> > snip
> >
> > > global makedepends = binutils>=2.20.1
> > > global makedepends
> > = libmpc>=0.8.2-2
> > > global makedepends = cloog-ppl>=0.15.8
> >
> > What about
> > packages that define source / depends / ... depending on the used arch ?
> For
> > example:
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > if [ $CARCH == 'x86_64' ];
> > then
> >       _pkgarch=...
> >       md5sums=...
> >       depends=...
> > else
> >       ...
> > fi
> As it is now handled in AUR, there is imo no sane way to handle this.
> I propose that there should be a default way of writing this in PKGBUILDs.
> I think of smth like:
> "
> [[ $CARCH == "i686" ]] && ..
> "
> And only this should be allowed. This is then easily parseable.
> I know this is quite restrictive, but it is also an approach to
> standardize the source archives. As you see, for now it's a pita to
> correctly display this in the AUR web interface and also for other
> scripts to parse this.
>
> --
>