[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg : allow to specify a download filename

Xavier shiningxc at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 20:40:23 EDT 2008


On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is also possible to specify an optional filename, which is helpful
> with weird URLs and for handling multiple source files with the same
> name. The syntax is: <example>
>
> 'also' helps it flow; 'practical' just isn't that common of a word to
> use in this situation; URL is capitalized elsewhere in this manpage
> and plural makes a bit more sense. Finally, I thought splitting the
> example into its own sentence helps keep it from being a run-on.
>

Thanks, it is all fixed.

>
> Looks great, although if we want to get this in maint, it would be
> best to get further testing from those who use makepkg daily.
>

Hm, what about posting a makepkg version from maint (so with all the
bugfixes) + that patch to aur-general ML?



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