[arch-general] Ye Olde Package Manager

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 14:59 -0700, jwbirdsong wrote:
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> On 01/16/2011 12:43 PM, Brendan Long wrote:
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> > In general, if I need to make a package, I copy
> > a random PKGBUILD from abs, change the top couple lines, and then set
> > the build section to:
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> Now sure why you would copy a existing (possibly O.O.D.) PKGBUILD when
> you have options like newpkg OR just copy
> /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD{-*}.proto that fits your needs.
> Just my whinny, unasked for observation/comments.

More OT - I've actually never used newpkg or the .proto files =p