[pacman-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: elaborate on what a build() function is meant for
Eli Schwartz
eschwartz at archlinux.org
Tue Mar 12 17:01:14 UTC 2019
It is often not obvious to people, that build() can be run multiple
times when continuing a build with --noextract.
Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz at archlinux.org>
---
doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc
index 83a61458..6336a5cd 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ function.
*build() Function*::
The optional `build()` function is use to compile and/or adjust the source
- files in preparation to be installed by the `package()` function.
+ files in preparation to be installed by the `package()` function. All
+ commands specific to the package creation (but not source code
+ preparation), before the final installation of files into the packaging
+ root, should be performed here. The `build()` function is permitted to run
+ multiple times if `makepkg --noextract` is used.
*check() Function*::
An optional `check()` function can be specified in which a package's
--
2.21.0
More information about the pacman-dev
mailing list