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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-12-13 22:35:33 -0600 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-12-13 22:36:10 -0600 |
| commit | ba45cb459084a0746e0005345b8c5483834d1ba2 (patch) | |
| tree | 98594f425622378fe5761c5479a737e20aeb20ff /doc | |
| parent | c5f6995aeb7f0622b63a736208850c9c86f38aad (diff) | |
| download | pacman-ba45cb459084a0746e0005345b8c5483834d1ba2.tar.xz | |
doc/PKGBUILD: document that functions run in -e mode
Caught this noted on the forums, but it is definitely worth a note in the
manpage as well.
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index fdb868a9..8bdb3c69 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -235,9 +235,11 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`. build() Function ---------------- In addition to the above directives, the optional build() bash function usually -comprises the remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed by -makepkg, so anything that bash or the system has available is available for use -here. Be sure any exotic commands used are covered by `makedepends`. +comprises the remainder of the PKGBUILD. This is directly sourced and executed +by makepkg, so anything that bash or the system has available is available for +use here. The function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits +with a non-zero status will cause the function to exit. Be sure any exotic +commands used are covered by `makedepends`. All of the above variables such as `pkgname` and `pkgver` are available for use in the build function. In addition, makepkg defines three variables for your @@ -261,10 +263,12 @@ the build function. package() Function ------------------ -An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build() function. -This function is 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 packaging stage. An existing build() function +An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build() +function. This function is run immediately after the build() function. The +function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits with a +non-zero status will cause the function to exit. When specified in combination +with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot usage +will be limited to running the packaging stage. An existing build() function will be run as the user calling makepkg. Package Splitting |