[SOLVED] Saving PKGBUILDs with makepkg or AUR helpers

adrianbs · 2012-01-29 01:19:21

Hi all,

I am trying to save automatically the package PKGBUILD when I install a package with an aur helper. I use packer and aurget.

I modified makepkg.conf and set this relevant variables:

#########################################################################
# PACKAGE OUTPUT
#########################################################################
#
# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
#
#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
#PKGDEST=/home/packages
PKGDEST=/var/cache/pacman/pkg/aur
#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
#SRCDEST=/home/sources
SRCDEST=/var/cache/pacman/pkg/aur/src

The PKGDEST works fine and packages are saved in the specified path.

However SRCDEST variable doesn't seem to work, as I expected the PKBUILDs and other sources to be saved there, but there are no files in the path.

In the end what I am trying to emulate is something similar to ABS but for installed packages from AUR.

Last edited by adrianbs (2012-01-29 12:18:41)

jasonwryan · 2012-01-29 02:07:49

That's because the source files are only cached, not saved...

I use this simple wrapper for cower:

#!/bin/sh
# install AUR packages with cower

cd $HOME/Build && cower -d "$1"
builddir="$_"
cd "$builddir" && $EDITOR PKGBUILD
    makepkg -si && cd - &>/dev/null

    read -p "Remove Build directory? [Y/n]? " yn
    if [ "$yn" = "y" ]; then
        printf "\n%s\n" "Removing build directory..." 
        rm -rf "$builddir"
    else
        printf "%s\n" "Build completed."
    fi

ngoonee · 2012-01-29 06:51:50

Uh, Jason... isn't that what this is for?

% cat ~/.config/cower/config | grep TargetDir
#TargetDir =
TargetDir = /var/abs/local/aur

jasonwryan · 2012-01-29 07:10:05

It could be.

But having a config file for a single line could also be considered bloat

Allan · 2012-01-29 10:34:06

SRCDEST is where any remote files downloaded during "makepkg" are stored. SRCPKGDEST is where the tarball generated using "makepkg --source" (which contains the PKGBUILD etc) is stored.

adrianbs · 2012-01-29 12:17:35

Thank you all. I'll try both solutions.

ngoonee · 2012-01-30 01:18:25

jasonwryan wrote:

It could be.

But having a config file for a single line could also be considered bloat

And having a 10-line script isn't =p?

jasonwryan · 2012-01-30 01:33:04

Cower (as awesome as it is) doesn't open the PKGBUILD in vim, build the package and then ask if you want to keep the build directory.

I reckon my 10 lines are pretty well spent...

adrianbs · 2012-01-31 13:53:08

jasonwryan wrote:

Cower (as awesome as it is) doesn't open the PKGBUILD in vim, build the package and then ask if you want to keep the build directory.

I reckon my 10 lines are pretty well spent...

Cower doesn't but pacaur (which wraps it) does

It has an option it the config file to keep the build dir.

jasonwryan · 2012-01-31 18:01:48

adrianbs wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
Cower (as awesome as it is) doesn't open the PKGBUILD in vim, build the package and then ask if you want to keep the build directory.

I reckon my 10 lines are pretty well spent...
Cower doesn't but pacaur (which wraps it) does
It has an option it the config file to keep the build dir.

And for only an extra 872 lines of code...

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[SOLVED] Saving PKGBUILDs with makepkg or AUR helpers

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