NAME

makepkg-template - package build templating utility

SYNOPSIS

makepkg-template [options]

DESCRIPTION

makepkg-template is a script to ease the work of maintaining multiple similar PKGBUILDs. It allows you to move most of the code from the PKGBUILD into a template file and uses markers to allow in-place updating of existing PKGBUILDs if the template has been changed.

Template files can contain any code allowed in a PKGBUILD. You can think of them like external files included with "." or "source", but they will be inlined into the PKGBUILD by makepkg-template so you do not depend on the template file when building the package.

Markers are bash comments in the form of:

# template start; key=value; key2=value2; ...

and

# template end;

Currently used keys are: name (mandatory) and version. Template names are limited to alphanumerics, "@", "+", ".", "-", and "_". Versions are limited to numbers and ".".

For initial creation there is a one line short cut which does not need an end marker:

# template input; key=value;

Using this short-cut will result in makepkg-template replacing it with start and end markers and the template code on the first run.

Template files should be stored in one directory and filenames should be "$template_name-$version.template" with a symlink "$template_name.template" pointing to the most recent template. If the version is not set in the marker, makepkg-template will automatically use the target of "$template_name.template", otherwise the specified version will be used. This allows for easier verification of untrusted PKGBUILDs if the template is trusted. You verify the non-template code and then use a command similar to this:

diff -u <(makepkg-template -o -) PKGBUILD

Template files may also contain markers leading to nested templates in the resulting PKGBUILD. If you use markers in a template, please set the version you used/tested with in the start/input marker so other people can properly recreate from templates.

OPTIONS

-p, --input <build script>

-o, --output <build script>

-n, --newest

--template-dir <dir>

EXAMPLE PKGBUILD

pkgname=perl-config-simple
pkgver=4.58
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="simple configuration file class"
arch=('any')
license=('PerlArtistic' 'GPL')
depends=('perl')
source=("http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHERZODR/Config-Simple-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
sha256sums=('dd9995706f0f9384a15ccffe116c3b6e22f42ba2e58d8f24ed03c4a0e386edb4')
_distname="Config-Simple"

# template start; name=perl-module; version=1.0;
_distdir="${_distname}-${pkgver}"
url="https://metacpan.org/release/${_distname}"
options+=('!emptydirs')

build() {
        cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
        perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
        make
}

check() {
        cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
        make test
}

package() {
        cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
        make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
}
# template end;

SEE ALSO

makepkg(8), PKGBUILD(5)

See the pacman website at https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for current information on pacman and its related tools.

BUGS

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at the Arch Linux Bug Tracker in the Pacman section.

AUTHORS

Current maintainers:

Past major contributors:

For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman.git repository.