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#1 2023-01-02 08:03:49
- fatpenguin
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[SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
Hi, I want to make a PKGBUILD where the source is downloaded from url and has its own conf file. The problem is that at every new release I should replace just ONE world in the source conf file (something like "default - >custom"). Is there an instruction to do this automatically? Should i need to create a patch and, if yes, how? Thanks in advance.
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#2 2023-01-02 12:27:12
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: [SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
A patch is an option but I would just use sed in the prepare() function.
Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Patching_packages
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#3 2023-01-02 12:32:20
- Stefan Husmann
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Re: [SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
I do not see your point. If the given PKGBUILD isn't a vcs-package, you will edit the PKGBUILD manually anyway (at least version number and hash-sums). Why not edit just another file (the conf file) manually?
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#4 2023-01-02 15:07:12
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Re: [SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
Why not edit just another file (the conf file) manually?
Because I should download the source package everytime and edit it, i want something to do this automatically as soon as the source is downloaded.
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#5 2023-01-02 15:08:16
- fatpenguin
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Re: [SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
A patch is an option but I would just use sed in the prepare() function.
Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Patching_packages
That's fine thanks, sed - i with the c function is what i needed. Issue solved.
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#6 2023-01-03 06:04:53
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Re: [SOLVED] Editing source files in PKGBUILD
I do not see your point. If the given PKGBUILD isn't a vcs-package, you will edit the PKGBUILD manually anyway (at least version number and hash-sums). Why not edit just another file (the conf file) manually?
Because PKGBUILDs are designed to be shared and you don't want to visit everyone who uses it in person to edit their copy of the downloaded configuration file? PKGBUILDs are not supposed to depend on users editing the source they download.
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