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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 12 |
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index 28dd8c7c..2d6589b2 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`. build() Function ---------------- -In addition to the above directives, the build() bash function 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`. +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`. 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 @@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ 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. The build() function will be -run as the user calling makepkg. +usage will be limited to running the packaging stage. An existing build() function +will be run as the user calling makepkg. Package Splitting ----------------- |