On 09/08/11 20:56, Sebastien Luttringer wrote:
Signed-off-by: Sebastien Luttringer<[email protected]> --- doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index af3a388..eeea4da 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ variables for use during the build and install process: *startdir*:: This contains the absolute path to the directory where the PKGBUILD is located, which is usually the output of `$(pwd)` when makepkg is started. + `$startdir/src` is not guaranteed to be the same as `$srcdir`, and likewise + for `$pkgdir`. *srcdir*:: This contains the directory where makepkg extracts, or copies, all source
I'd prefer to add a warning that there is probably no reason to ever use $startdir in a PKGBUILD rather that mentioning constructs like $startdir/src which have been deprecated for years now.
Allan
