NAME

       makepkg-template - package build templating utility

SYNOPSIS

       makepkg-template [options]

DESCRIPTION

       makepkg-template is a script to ease the work of maintaining multiple similar PKGBUILDs.
       It allows you to move most of the code from the PKGBUILD into a template file and uses
       markers to allow in-place updating of existing PKGBUILDs if the template has been changed.

       Template files can contain any code allowed in a PKGBUILD. You can think of them like
       external files included with "." or "source", but they will be inlined into the PKGBUILD
       by makepkg-template so you do not depend on the template file when building the package.

       Markers are bash comments in the form of:

           # template start; key=value; key2=value2; ...

       and

           # template end;

       Currently used keys are: name (mandatory) and version. Template names are limited to
       alphanumerics, "@", "+", ".", "-", and "_". Versions are limited to numbers and ".".

       For initial creation there is a one line short cut which does not need an end marker:

           # template input; key=value;

       Using this short-cut will result in makepkg-template replacing it with start and end
       markers and the template code on the first run.

       Template files should be stored in one directory and filenames should be
       "$template_name-$version.template" with a symlink "$template_name.template" pointing to
       the most recent template. If the version is not set in the marker, makepkg-template will
       automatically use the target of "$template_name.template", otherwise the specified version
       will be used. This allows for easier verification of untrusted PKGBUILDs if the template
       is trusted. You verify the non-template code and then use a command similar to this:

           diff -u <(makepkg-template -o -) PKGBUILD

       Template files may also contain markers leading to nested templates in the resulting
       PKGBUILD. If you use markers in a template, please set the version you used/tested with in
       the start/input marker so other people can properly recreate from templates.

OPTIONS

       -p, --input <build script>
           Read the package script build script instead of the default.

       -o, --output <build script>
           Write the updated file to build script instead of overwriting the input file.

       -n, --newest
           Always use the newest available template file.

       --template-dir <dir>
           Change the dir where we are looking for template files. This option may be given
           multiple times in which case files found in directory given last will take precedence.

EXAMPLE PKGBUILD

           pkgname=perl-config-simple
           pkgver=4.58
           pkgrel=1
           pkgdesc="simple configuration file class"
           arch=('any')
           license=('PerlArtistic' 'GPL')
           depends=('perl')
           source=("http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHERZODR/Config-Simple-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
           md5sums=('f014aec54f0a1e2e880d317180fce502')
           _distname="Config-Simple"

           # template start; name=perl-module; version=1.0;
           _distdir="${_distname}-${pkgver}"
           url="https://metacpan.org/release/${_distname}"
           options+=('!emptydirs')

           build() {
                   cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
                   perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
                   make
           }

           check() {
                   cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
                   make test
           }

           package() {
                   cd "$srcdir/$_distdir"
                   make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
           }
           # template end;

SEE ALSO

       makepkg(8), PKGBUILD(5)

       See the pacman website at https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for current information on pacman
       and its related tools.

BUGS

       Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be
       wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at the Arch Linux Bug Tracker
       in the Pacman section.

AUTHORS

       Current maintainers:

       •   Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

       •   Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>

       •   Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>

       •   Morgan Adamiec <morganamilo@archlinux.org>

       Past major contributors:

       •   Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>

       •   Aurelien Foret <aurelien@archlinux.org>

       •   Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org>

       •   Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

       •   Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>

       •   Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>

       •   Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman.git repository.