On 12/03/2009 05:19 AM, Allan McRae wrote: > Cedric Staniewski wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Cedric Staniewski <[email protected]> >> --- >> doc/makepkg.8.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ >> 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt >> index 703c1b0..ccb9a28 100644 >> --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt >> +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt >> @@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ Environment Variables >> must be supported by this command. If the variable is not set or >> empty, makepkg will fall back to `pacman'. >> >> +**PKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder":: >> + If this value is not set, packages will by default be placed in the >> + current directory (location of the linkman:PKGBUILD[5]). Many people >> + like to keep all their packages in one place so this option allows >> + this behavior. A common location is ``/home/packages''. >> + This environment variable will override the corresponding value >> + defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5]. > > I do not like the repetition of makepkg.conf.5 here. I'd prefer just > **PKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder":: > Overrides the corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5]. > > Or something quite simple like that. People can then look up > makepkg.conf.5 to find out what the variable does. > >
I agree with you. How about **PKGDEST=**"/path/to/folder":: Folder where the resulting packages will be stored. Overrides the corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5]. **SRCDEST=**"/path/to/folder":: Folder where the downloaded sources will be stored. Overrides the corresponding value defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5]. >> + >> +**SRCDEST=**"/path/to/folder":: >> + If this value is not set, downloaded source files will only be >> stored >> + in the current directory. Many people like to keep all source >> files in >> + a central location for easy cleanup, so this path can be set here. >> + This environment variable will override the corresponding value >> + defined in linkman:makepkg.conf[5]. >> + >> >> Additional Features >> ------------------- >
