It is often not obvious to people, that build() can be run multiple times when continuing a build with --noextract.
Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <[email protected]> --- doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc index 83a61458..6336a5cd 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.asciidoc @@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ function. *build() Function*:: The optional `build()` function is use to compile and/or adjust the source - files in preparation to be installed by the `package()` function. + files in preparation to be installed by the `package()` function. All + commands specific to the package creation (but not source code + preparation), before the final installation of files into the packaging + root, should be performed here. The `build()` function is permitted to run + multiple times if `makepkg --noextract` is used. *check() Function*:: An optional `check()` function can be specified in which a package's -- 2.21.0
