[aur-general] How to contribute to AUR?

[Doug Newgard]

In this case, it also really needs updated to Pacman 4.1 format and a pkgver function added.https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_GuidelinesThere are some examples there of how to do a pkgver function, as well as information about just using git as a normal source, _gitroot and _gitname are no longer used.


> From: info.mardorf at rocketmail.com
> To: aur-general at archlinux.org
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:48:39 +0200
> Subject: [aur-general] How to contribute to AUR?
> 
> 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
>