[aur-general] avoid usage of fakeroot: always use of build() and package() (Was: application as a TU)

Laszlo Papp djszapi at archlinux.us
Sun Nov 22 05:15:13 EST 2009


On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Laszlo Papp wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> With a package() function, you can actually change the
>>> contents of the package.
>>>
>>> Splitting of the build and package steps is one of the most
>>> under-appreciated features in the last pacman release.  It is really good
>>> to
>>> see someone actually using it.  (I do not and I implemented it!)
>>>
>>> Allan
>>>
>>>
>>
>> May I ask what's the policy in case of earlier submitted, but working
>> packages ?
>> Is it needed to modify according to this new feature immediately if
>> otherwise the packages work well and no requirement until now from the
>> users for splitting
>> Is it enough to modify according to this feature only that time if I
>> need to change the PKGBUILDs because of other reason(s) too ?
>
> It is fully backwards compatible (otherwise you would have noticed by
> now...), so do whatever you want.
>
> Allan
>
>

Okay, thanks Allan!

Best Regards,
Laszlo Papp


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