Arch Linux

colinzhengj

Member

From: Cambridge, MA

Registered: 2007-03-20

Posts: 23

Website

Automated download/extract of source tarball, a suggestion

(I Just switched from FreeBSD to Arch...Surprised to see the resemblance.)
Every time I customize an existing package, I have to manually download the source from some hosting website.
Is it possible for ABS to download and extract the source automatically, by looking up some keyword in PKGBUILD?
The package maintainer takes the trouble to add that keyword, and all the rest who wish to customize it will benefit...

toofishes

Developer

From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-06-06

Posts: 602

Website

Re: Automated download/extract of source tarball, a suggestion

makepkg --help first, man makepkg next.

But you are probably looking for something like makepkg -o.

colinzhengj

Member

From: Cambridge, MA

Registered: 2007-03-20

Posts: 23

Website

Re: Automated download/extract of source tarball, a suggestion

Thanks! Cool. Overlooked that...