[aur-general] How to contribute to AUR?

[Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf
<info.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> I'm new to this list. I'm uncertain, but perhaps I'll maintain audio
> packages, however, I've to learn how to do it, so I started with a test
> PKGBUILD for a non-audio app I wanted to test.
>
> IIUC what's written at
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards the below
> example needs just the following changes to become a valid PKGBUILD:
>
> - I need to remove the # text lines, or should add useful text
> - remove # Contributor and add # Maintainer with my real name
> - should add an URL
> - if it shouldn't build from git/svn... I need to add a checksum
>
> *?*
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> $ cat /usr/src/whiskermenu/PKGBUILD
> # text : ###############################################################
> # text : PKGBUILD for the first time edited on my tablet PC
> # text : ###############################################################
>
> # Contributor : Batpackager <info.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
>
> pkgname=xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-git
> pkgver=20130626
> pkgrel=1
> pkgdesc="Alternate Xfce menu"
> arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
> license=('GPL2')
> makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
> depends=('xfce4-panel')
> provides=('xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin')
> conflicts=('xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin')
> _gitroot="https://github.com/gottcode/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.git"
> _gitname="xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin"
>
> build() {
>
>   cd "$srcdir"
>   msg "Connecting to https://github.com/gottcode..."
>
>   if [ -d $_gitname ] ; then
>     cd $_gitname && git pull origin
>     msg "The local files are updated."
>   else
>     git clone --depth 1 $_gitroot
>   fi
>
>   msg "GIT checkout done or server timeout"
>   msg "Starting make..."
>
>   rm -rf "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>   cp -R "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>   cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>   cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
>   make
> }
>
> package() {
>
>   cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>   make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
>

Where did you get this PKGBUILD template from?  It’s outdated as hell.
 The new fancy way is much different.

Remove _gitroot.  Under _gitname, insert:

    sources=("git://github.com/gottcode/${_gitname}.git")
    md5sums=('SKIP')

Then remove all the lines in build() before the cmake line, and above it, put:

    cd "${srcdir}/${_gitname}"


In package(), replace the `cd` line with the above and put quotes
around ${pkgdir}.  Moreover, you need a closing brace at the end of
package()

Then, remove the comment lines and put a maintainer comment at the top.

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