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authorCedric Staniewski <cedric@gmx.ca>2009-10-08 16:10:05 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2009-10-11 22:35:20 -0500
commit2cabe336eb33e443819a1d9d46b0c5bcceaa7e87 (patch)
tree710754a2eb38318e7e4be004ea53194d795c64a2 /doc
parente3ac8062626877b8cf87df5ce94f61394bf10c0f (diff)
Introduce new PKGBUILD variable `changelog`
Currently, a changelog is added to a package if a specific file with a hardcoded name exists in the PKGBUILD's directory. This approach is not pretty and also inconsistent with the handling of install files, but it works. With the introduction of split PKGBUILDs, however, a drawback in this old behavior has arisen: you only have the possibility to include one specific changelog file in either every package defined in the PKGBUILD or in none. The use of an additional variable, `changelog`, works around this issue and makes it possible to include a changelog in only some of the packages, and besides, each package of the PKGBUILD can have its own changelog file. Signed-off-by: Cedric Staniewski <cedric@gmx.ca> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index e6f6edf5..8d5537e9 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ similar to `$_basekernver`.
be copied into the package by makepkg. It does not need to be included
in the source array (e.g. `install=pkgname.install`).
+*changelog*::
+ Specifies a changelog file that is to be included in the package.
+ This file should reside in the same directory as the PKGBUILD, and will
+ be copied into the package by makepkg. It does not need to be included
+ in the source array (e.g. `changelog=$pkgname.changelog`).
+
*source (array)*::
An array of source files required to build the package. Source files
must either reside in the same directory as the PKGBUILD file, or be a
@@ -271,7 +277,7 @@ All options and directives for the split packages default to the global values g
within the PKGBUILD. However, some of these can be overridden within each split
package's packaging function. The following variables can be overridden: `pkgdesc`,
`license`, `groups`, `depends`, `optdepends`, `provides`, `conflicts`, `replaces`,
-`backup`, `options` and `install`.
+`backup`, `options`, `install` and `changelog`.
An optional global directive is available when building a split package: