[arch-general] Groups and GIDs in PKGBUILDs

[Martti Kühne]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 04:33:42PM +0100, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2012 11:23:28 Eric Bélanger wrote:
> > yes: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database
> 
> Awesome; thank you.
> 
> Paul

Usually you will install to $pkgdir using install(1)'s -g in conjunction of the
-m and, at your option, -D flags. Preservance of file metadata in that context
is, as far as I understand given through makepkg's fakeroot environment.

Please correct me should I be mistaken.

cheers!
mar77i