Jeff wrote:
Patch [1] extends the --skipinteg option allow the generation of a
source tarball without requiring the checking of the integrity checks
You've given the what, but what is the why? If the source integrity is
flawed, then the generated source package is flawed. This seems like
something that should be safeguarded against, IMO.
I can come up with two use cases:
1) making a PKGBUILD for a snapshot release that is always accessible
from some sort of LATEST release directory symlink. Many projects use
something like that. That way the PKGBUILD does not need updated every
time a snapshot is release. While it may be argued that it is better to
use a svn/cvs/git/etc PKGBUILD, in many cases the snapshots are
generally sanity checked before release.
2) This happens to me occasionally. Someone sends me a PKGBUILD they
can not get working. I see an obvious error, fix it and send the
PKGBUILD back saying "try this" because I really do not want to download
the sources/dependencies to check myself.
Allan
