[pacman-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: elaborate on what a build() function is meant for

[Allan McRae]

On 13/3/19 3:01 am, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> 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.

The last sentence is confusing.  I know when the build() function runs,
but still took too long to parse what you meant.


>  *check() Function*::
>  	An optional `check()` function can be specified in which a package's
>