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#1 2011-03-08 18:44:54
- Willie Green
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ABS Build Directory and makepkg.conf (Solved)
OK, so I'm doing a completely fresh Arch installation (on a Compaq Evo D510 e-pc, 1.7MHz, 256Mb RAM, 15 Gb HD), only this time with the intent of downloading and compiling PKGBUILDS.
So the ABS Wiki suggests to make a build directory: ~/abs
BUT makepkg.conf seems to imply that I need to create 3 other directories:
PKGDEST=/home/packages
SRCDEST=/home/sources
SRCPKGDEST=/home/srcpackages
So the clarification I need is, should I rename 1 of these 3 directories to be the same as ~/abs?
Or is it best to have a total of 4 different subdirectories?
Last edited by Willie Green (2011-03-09 00:17:35)
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#2 2011-03-08 21:10:42
- Allan
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Re: ABS Build Directory and makepkg.conf (Solved)
You can do what you want. Those are just suggestions.
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#3 2011-03-08 21:41:16
- ANOKNUSA
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Re: ABS Build Directory and makepkg.conf (Solved)
"PKGDEST=" is the destination of the compiled binary. I've been sticking my builds in ~/ABS for a little while now, with the intent on creating a little backup repository in case of severe borkage. By default, the binary just stays in the build directory. You can do whatever you want with the source; I just toss it, since it's easily available if needed later.
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#4 2011-03-08 22:02:19
- Mr.Elendig
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Re: ABS Build Directory and makepkg.conf (Solved)
You do not need to change PKGDEST/SRCDEST/SRCPKGDEST to build in ~/abs (or anywhere else for that matter.)
cd ~/abs && ABSROOT="." abs repo/whatever && cd whatever && do whatever you want to the PKGBUILD etc && makepkg -sc
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#5 2011-03-09 00:15:53
- Willie Green
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Re: ABS Build Directory and makepkg.conf (Solved)
"PKGDEST=" is the destination of the compiled binary. I've been sticking my builds in ~/ABS for a little while now, with the intent on creating a little backup repository in case of severe borkage. By default, the binary just stays in the build directory. You can do whatever you want with the source; I just toss it, since it's easily available if needed later.
Aha!!! So the "destination" subdirectories are NOT the same thing as the ~/abs build directory....
It makes sense to me now.....
I don't know why I was suffering from a brainfog before.
/forehead-slap
Thanks for the responses,
I'll try very hard to not be so dense in the future.
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