'mknod <file> p' is apparently GNU-only. Looking at coreutils' source code, It just calls mkfifo.
This one line patch should fix makepkg logging in non-GNU systems. Signed-off-by: Nezmer <[email protected]> --- scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index baabf26..afedc31 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ run_function() { # ensure overridden package variables survive tee with split packages logpipe=$(mktemp -u "$startdir/logpipe.XXXXXXXX") - mknod "$logpipe" p + mkfifo "$logpipe" exec 3>&1 tee "$BUILDLOG" < "$logpipe" & exec 1>"$logpipe" 2>"$logpipe" -- 1.7.3.1
