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.SH "NAME"
makerepropkg \- Rebuild a package to see if it is reproducible
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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makerepropkg [OPTIONS] [<package_file|pkgname>\&...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Given the path to a built pacman package(s), attempt to rebuild it using the PKGBUILD in the current directory\&. The package will be built in an environment as closely matching the environment of the initial package as possible, by building up a chroot to match the information exposed in the package\(cqs \fBBUILDINFO\fR(5) manifest\&. On success, the resulting package will be compared to the input package, and makerepropkg will report whether the artifacts are identical\&.
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When given multiple packages, additional package files are assumed to be split packages and will be treated as additional artifacts to compare during the verification step\&.
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A valid target(s) for pacman \-S can be specified instead, and makerepropkg will download it to the cache if needed\&. This is mostly useful to specify which repository to retrieve from\&. If no positional arguments are specified, the targets will be sourced from the PKGBUILD\&.
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In either case, the package name will be converted to a filename from the cache, and makerepropkg will proceed as though this filename was initially specified\&.
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This implements a verifier for pacman/libalpm packages in accordance with the Reproducible Builds project\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
If packages are not reproducible, compare them using diffoscope\&.
.RE
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\fB\-n\fR
.RS 4
Do not run the check() function in the PKGBUILD\&.
.RE
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\fB\-c\fR
.RS 4
Set the pacman cache directory\&.
.RE
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\fB\-M\fR <file>
.RS 4
Location of a makepkg config file\&.
.RE
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\fB\-l\fR <chroot>
.RS 4
The directory name to use as the chroot namespace Useful for maintaining multiple copies Default: $USER
.RE
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\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Show this usage message
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.SH "HOMEPAGE"
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\fIhttps://gitlab\&.archlinux\&.org/archlinux/devtools\fR
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Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker\&. Please do your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs\&.