--- makepkg.orig	2007-06-04 09:20:50.737551203 +0200
+++ makepkg	2007-06-08 10:27:46.769491916 +0200
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 RMDEPS=0
 REPKG=0
 LOGGING=0
+IGNORE_ARCH=0
 
 PACMAN_OPTS=
 
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@
 	echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
 	echo
 	echo "Options:"
+	echo "  -A, --ignorearch Ignore your arch missing in the PKGBUILD"
 	echo "  -b, --builddeps  Build missing dependencies from source"
 	echo "  -c, --clean      Clean up work files after build"
 	echo "  -C, --cleancache Clean up source files from the cache"
@@ -441,6 +443,7 @@
 		--nodeps)     NODEPS=1 ;;
 		--noextract)  NOEXTRACT=1 ;;
 		--install)    INSTALL=1 ;;
+		--ignorearch) IGNORE_ARCH=1 ;;
 		--force)      FORCE=1 ;;
 		--nobuild)    NOBUILD=1 ;;
 		--nocolor)    USE_COLOR="n" ;;
@@ -457,8 +460,9 @@
 					exit 1
 					;;
 		-*)
-		while getopts "bcCdefghiLmop:rRsS-" opt; do
+		while getopts "AbcCdefghiLmop:rRsS-" opt; do
 			case $opt in
+				A) IGNORE_ARCH=1 ;;
 				b) DEP_SRC=1 ;;
 				c) CLEANUP=1 ;;
 				C) CLEANCACHE=1 ;;
@@ -569,10 +573,16 @@
 	exit 1
 fi
 if ! in_array $CARCH ${arch[@]}; then
-	error "$pkgname is not available for the '$CARCH' architecture."
-	plain "Note that many packages may need a line added to their $BUILDSCRIPT"
-	plain "such as arch=('$CARCH')."
-	exit 1
+	if [ "$IGNORE_ARCH" = "0" ]; then
+		error "$pkgname is not available for the '$CARCH' architecture."
+		plain "Note that many packages may need a line added to their $BUILDSCRIPT"
+		plain "such as arch=('$CARCH')."
+		exit 1
+	else
+		warning "$pkgname is not available for the '$CARCH' architecture."
+		plain "Note that many packages may need a line added to their $BUILDSCRIPT"
+		plain "such as arch=('$CARCH')."
+	fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$install" -a ! -f "$install" ]; then