Using the value of "SKIP" in the checksum array will cause that
integrity check to be skipped.  This makes building packages that
rely on user configurable sources less painful.

Based-on-patch-by: Dan McGee <[email protected]>
Based-on-patch-by: David Campbell <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <[email protected]>
---
 doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt    |    7 ++++---
 scripts/makepkg.sh.in |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index fad93e5..cd6b09f 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ of the corresponding source file.
 *md5sums (array)*::
        This array contains an MD5 hash for every source file specified in the
        source array (in the same order). makepkg will use this to verify source
-       file integrity during subsequent builds. To easily generate md5sums, run
-       `makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD`. If desired, move the md5sums line to an
-       appropriate location.
+       file integrity during subsequent builds. If 'SKIP' is put in the array
+       in place of a normal hash, the integrity check for that source file will
+       be skipped. To easily generate md5sums, run ``makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD''. 
If
+       desired, move the md5sums line to an appropriate location.
 
 *sha1sums, sha256sums, sha384sums, sha512sums (arrays)*::
        Alternative integrity checks that makepkg supports; these all behave
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index a4a3d13..c4a0031 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ check_checksums() {
                                        realsum="${realsum##* }"
                                        if [[ $expectedsum = $realsum ]]; then
                                                echo "$(gettext "Passed")" >&2
+                                       elif [[ $expectedsum = 'SKIP' ]]; then
+                                               echo "$(gettext "Skipped")" >&2
                                        else
                                                echo "$(gettext "FAILED")" >&2
                                                errors=1
-- 
1.7.8


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