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| author | Luke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net> | 2014-05-15 22:25:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Luke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net> | 2014-05-15 22:25:43 -0400 |
| commit | 22bb572086ff1c1667d553ac8233fc053a1556f2 (patch) | |
| tree | dcca9c189644d16e66584b871b84ca77a13bf1a2 /src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn | |
| parent | 9bb1ddbaf5f0585f5854ee2c25204bda56b32974 (diff) | |
librefetch: clean up documentationv20140515
Diffstat (limited to 'src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn b/src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn index d7b8edc..bb2e561 100644 --- a/src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn +++ b/src/librefetch/librefetch.8.ronn @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ librefetch(8) -- downloads or creates a liberated source tarball tarballs for `PKGBUILD(5)` files. If a URL mentioned in the `source` array in a `PKGUILD` is in a -location that Parabola uploads "custom" source tarballs (or configured -locations), and no file is at that URL, librefetch will automatically -create it for you. +location that Parabola uploads "custom" source tarballs to (or +configured locations), and no file is at that URL, librefetch will +automatically create it for you. This works because a post-install script for the package configures `librefetch` as the download agent for `https://` URLs in @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ fails, it may choose to try `create` mode. script. * `-h` | `--help`: Use `help` mode: Show useage information. +Other options, if they are documented in `makepkg -h`, are passed to +the modified copy of makepkg created during `create` mode. + ## DOWNLOAD MODE If <SOURCE-URL> begins with the string `libre://`, it is replaced with @@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ remain intact. As explained in the `CREATE MODE` section, in `create` mode, this program generates an `SRCBUILD` file. For debugging purposes, this -file can be printed instead of executed with `print` mode. +file can be printed instead of executed with `srcbuild` mode. ### PRE-EXISTING SRCBUILD @@ -184,6 +187,10 @@ The following modifications are made to makepkg: * append `-libre` to `$pkgbasedir` (which becomes `$pkgdir`) * Don't check if the package has already been built. +For debugging purposes, this modified makepkg can be printed instead +of executed with `makepkg` mode. Before it is run in create mode, +`PKGEXT`, `PKGDEST`, and `pkg_file` are set as environment variables. + ## CONFIGURATION See `librefetch.conf(5)` for details on configuring librefetch using |