[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/3] makepkg: allow to specify an alternative pacman command

[Allan McRae]

Cedric Staniewski wrote:
> If PACMAN environment variable is set, makepkg will try to use this
> command to check for installed dependencies and to install or remove
> packages. Otherwise, makepkg will fall back to pacman.
> 
> Implements FS#13028.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cedric Staniewski <cedric at gmx.ca>
> ---
>  doc/makepkg.8.txt     |    9 +++++++++
>  scripts/makepkg.sh.in |   19 +++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
> index 18ee6ed..703c1b0 100644
> --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
> +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
> @@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ Options
>  	useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file.
>  
>  
> +Environment Variables

Useful Environment Variables?  The lead in sounds better, but maybe not 
quite right.  Not sure here...

> +---------------------
> +*PACMAN*::
> +	The command which will be used to check for missing dependencies and to
> +	install and remove packages. Pacman's -U, -T, -S and -Rns operations
> +	must be supported by this command. If the variable is not set or
> +	empty, makepkg will fall back to `pacman'.

The command _that_ will...  The rest of the description sounds fine.

Otherwise, the patch is good.