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CPUnltd

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From: Milwaukee, WI

Registered: 2009-12-05

Posts: 483

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building config pkg...

would like to get into making PKGBUILDs so that I can make a few custom packages... how would I go about building a pkg that is basically a compressed archive of specific files and folders that I'd like overwritten/created upon the package installation?  working on an experimental thing and would like to figure this phase of my project out... Thanks in advance!

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toffyrn

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Registered: 2008-10-07

Posts: 221

Re: building config pkg...

There are a number of pages on the wiki dedicated to writing PKGBUILDS
i.e.:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Creating_Packages
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … _Standards

If i understand you correct your PKGBUILD will mostly need to use 'cp' or 'install' commands.
When it comes to overwriting files and folders, i'm pretty sure pacman will raise an error.