diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf	2008-12-10 06:05:43.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf	2008-12-10 07:13:29.000000000 -0600
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@
 #-- libtool:   Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
 #-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
 #-- zipman:    Compress manpages with gzip
+#-- purge:     Remove files and regex patterns specified in PURGE_TARGETS
 #
-OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman)
+OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman purge)
 
 #-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
 INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@
 DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,share/}{info,doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{info,doc,gtk-doc})
 #-- Directories to be searched for the strip option (if option set correctly above)
 STRIP_DIRS=(bin lib sbin usr/{bin,lib,sbin,local/{bin,lib,sbin}} opt/*/{bin,lib,sbin})
+#-- Files (labeled 'file:') and regex patterns to be removed from all packages
+PURGE_TARGETS=(file:usr/share/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
 
 #########################################################################
 # PACKAGE OUTPUT
diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf.in
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in	2008-12-10 06:05:43.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/etc/makepkg.conf.in	2008-12-10 07:13:52.000000000 -0600
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@
 #-- libtool:   Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
 #-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
 #-- zipman:    Compress manpages with gzip
+#-- purge:     Remove files and regex patterns specified in PURGE_TARGETS
 #
-OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman)
+OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman purge)
 
 #-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
 INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@
 DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,share/}{info,doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{info,doc,gtk-doc})
 #-- Directories to be searched for the strip option (if option set correctly above)
 STRIP_DIRS=(bin lib sbin usr/{bin,lib,sbin,local/{bin,lib,sbin}} opt/*/{bin,lib,sbin})
+#-- Files (labeled 'file:') and regex patterns to be removed from all packages
+PURGE_TARGETS=(file:usr/share/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
 
 #########################################################################
 # PACKAGE OUTPUT
diff -Naur pacman-3.2.1.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in pacman-3.2.1/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
--- pacman-3.2.1.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2008-12-10 06:05:43.000000000 -0600
+++ pacman-3.2.1/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2008-12-10 07:15:12.000000000 -0600
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir="$startdir/src"
 pkgdir="$startdir/pkg"
-known_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force')
+known_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force' 'purge')
 readonly -a known_options
 
 # Options
@@ -776,6 +776,18 @@
 		find . ! -type d -name "*.la" -exec rm -f -- '{}' \;
 	fi
 
+	if [ "$(check_option purge)" = "y" -a -n "PURGE_TARGETS" ]; then
+		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing specified purge targets...")"
+		local pt
+		for pt in "${PURGE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
+			if [[ "$pt" =~ "file:" ]]; then
+				rm -f "${pt#file:}"
+			else
+				find . -type f -name "$pt" -exec rm -f -- '{}' \;
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
 	if [ "$(check_option emptydirs)" = "n" ]; then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing empty directories...")"
 		find . -depth -type d -empty -delete