FS#36884 : Add list of mandatory variables to PKGBUILD man page

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FS#36884 - Add list of mandatory variables to PKGBUILD man page

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Eric Toombs (ewtoombs) - Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 18:46 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 02:45 GMT

Task Type	Feature Request
Category	Documentation
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture	All
Severity	Medium
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	4.1.2
Due in Version	4.2.0
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Summary and Info:
The PKGBUILD man page is very nice, but there is one thing it does not have that it really needs—a list of all of the variables a PKGBUILD must have to work. I'd make it myself, but I don't know which ones are mandatory for reasons that should be obvious. Somebody who really knows exactly how makepkg uses PKGBUILDs should do this.

Steps to Reproduce:
# man PKGBUILD

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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 02:45 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: git commit 3e903d34