[pacman-dev] PKGBUILD.proto

[Allan McRae]

Jud wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dan suggested I send this to the pacman-dev list.
>
> After completing some research and asking alot of questions I present
> some minor changes to PKGBUILD.proto supplied as a .diff to be merged
> after your approval. I believe it helps the intended audience create a
> better PKGBUILD in less time according to the latest Arch Packaging
> Standards.
>
> Cheers
> Jud
>
>
> Inline:
> --- PKGBUILD.proto	2008-12-05 23:32:33.000005000 +1000
> +++ PKGBUILD.proto.new	2008-12-05 23:37:45.374547000 +1000
> @@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
>  # NOTE: Please fill out the license field for your package! If it is
> unknown, # then please put 'unknown'.
>  
> -# Contributor: Your Name <youremail at domain.com>
> +
> +# Contributor: Your Name <youremail at domain.com> # Use dots only to
> reduce spam +
>   

I'm sure people can figure that out for themselves....

>  pkgname=NAME
> -pkgver=VERSION
> +pkgver=VERSION # Note: if pkgver is '0.99-10' then use an underscore,
> i.e. '0.99_10' pkgrel=1
>  pkgdesc=""
> -arch=()
> -url=""
> +url="http://ADDRESS/"
> +arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
>  license=('GPL')
>  groups=()
>  depends=()
> @@ -20,17 +22,13 @@
>  replaces=()
>  backup=()
>  options=()
> -install=
> -source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
> -noextract=()
> -md5sums=() #generate with 'makepkg -g'
> +install=(${pkgname}.install)
>   

I really dislike the brackets there.  install holds a value not an array 
much like pkgname, pkgrel.

> +source=(http://ADDRESS/TO/FILE/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
> +md5sums=() # Generate with 'makepkg -g'
>  
>  build() {
> -  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
> -
> -  ./configure --prefix=/usr
> +  cd ${srcdir}${pkgname}-${pkgver}
> +  ./configure --prefix=usr
>    make || return 1
> -  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
> +  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install || return 1
>  }
> -
> -# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
>   
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