[arch-general] How to "decorate" a package build?

[Peter Nabbefeld]

Am 08.03.2017 um 12:30 schrieb ProgAndy:
> Am 08.03.2017 um 12:20 schrieb Peter Nabbefeld:
>> Thank You! However, while one part is about Firefox, the other is
>> about changing builds while still getting the signalling for new
>> builds from pacman.
>>
>> One possibility seems to use Hooks, while I'm not yet sure how to use
>> them correctly.
>>
>> Regards
>> P.
>
> Hooks don't work too well if you want to modify a package. Ralf has a
> good idea, I would change it a bit and do it like this:
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # 1) set pacman to ignore firefox upgrades
> # 2) perform normal pacman upgrade
> sudo pacman -Syu
> # 3) continue this script
>
> # pacman should still recognize that firefox is out of date even if the
> update is disabled
> if [ pacman -Qu firefox ]; then
>   # download PKGBUILD from abs
>   # patch PKGBUILD
>   # build
>   # install
> fi
>
>
> --
>
> A.
>
Thank You, I'll try that!

Regards
P.