[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Change directory in package function in PKGBUILD.proto

[Allan McRae]

On 19/05/10 23:51, Nezmer wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:32:54PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>> makepkg goes back to the $startdir between the build() and
>> package() functions so we need to change directory at the
>> start of the package function.
>>
>> TODO: fix makepkg to make this unnecessary
>>
>
> Although annoying at the beginning , The current behaviour is
> straight-forward and makes sense. Especially in the case where multiple
> package functions cd to different dirs.
>
> You can do this when no package splitting is used, but that will make
> makepkg's behaviour unpredictable.
>

I was thinking it should keep the current directory when it moves 
between any functions (build or package{_foo}).  You can always cd the 
full path not if that is not what you want for a particular package. The 
vast majority of "cd" commands at the start of PKGBUILD functions go to 
the one directory so this makes sense to me as long as it can be overridden.

Anyway...  no point discussing a potential future feature that does not 
have a patch :P