srcpac -So <package> modifies the PKGBUILD file. Since the user just wants to see the modifications, without installing them, it would be better to not modify the PKGBUILD. Additionally, this requires root permission which doesn't make sense because nothing is being installed.

The following patch allows srcpac to display the modifications without altering the PKGBUILD file and does not require root access when using the -o option.

--- srcpac 2005-09-13 21:10:23.000000000 +0000
+++ srcpac.patched 2005-09-13 21:10:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@
fi
}

+output_confs()
+{
+ varname=`echo $1 | sed 's#-#X#g'`
+ eval num_conf=\$\{\#conf_$varname[@]\}
+ if [ $num_conf -gt 0 ]; then
+ sedvar=""
+ eval "for (( j = 0 ; j < $num_conf ; j++ )); do
+ sedvar=\"\${sedvar}s\${conf_$varname[\$j]};\"
+ done"
+ eval sed \"$sedvar\" $2/PKGBUILD
+ fi
+}
+
build_packages()
{
action="build"
@@ -426,8 +439,7 @@
for pkgdir in $candidates; do
if [ -f $pkgdir/PKGBUILD ]; then
# Look for config options and apply them
- do_confs $i $pkgdir
- less $pkgdir/PKGBUILD
+ output_confs $i $pkgdir | less
success=1
break
fi