[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: Add docmunetation for separate pacakge function

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Sun Dec 21 02:13:44 EST 2008


Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
---
 doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index e42a8b8..5171798 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ If you create any variables of your own in the build function, it is
 recommended to use the bash `local` keyword to scope the variable to inside
 the build function.
 
+package() Function
+------------------
+An optional package() function can be specified in addtion to the build() function.
+This function is directly sourced by makepkg and run immediately after the build()
+function. When specified in combination with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in
+linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot usage will be limited to running the package()
+function and the subsequent packing of the package. The build() function will be
+run as the user calling makepkg.
+
 Install/Upgrade/Remove Scripting
 --------------------------------
 Pacman has the ability to store and execute a package-specific script when it
-- 
1.6.0.5



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