On 26/01/16 00:30, Dominik Fischer wrote: > When a PKGBUILD specifies an install file that has to be downloaded as > part of the source array, makepkg complains about the missing file > instead of simply downloading it. > > The wiki page [1] states that ".install files should not be included" in > the source array, but I could not find and explanation why this policy > is enforced. To me, it would make sense to point to an external > installation script, for example to install desktop files, or maybe an > upstream maintainer provides a suitable file directly. Is this an > implementation issue or an explicit decision? Why are install files > required to be locally present? > > [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#source >
I'd say this is an explicit decision. The files required to package an external source should all be locally available. A
