README.md
1# Creating sample pacman packages
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3You will need:
4- an archlinux installation
5- `pacman -S base-devel` for basic build requirements (like debian "build-essential")
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7Run `makepkg` inside this directory to produce *.pkg.tar.* archives. This may
8be .xz, .zst, .gz etc. depending on the current defaults, see makepkg.conf(5)
9"PKGEXT" for details. The archives will appear in the current directory, or the
10"PKGDEST" defined by makepkg.conf(5).
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12# Byte-for-byte reproduction
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14You will need:
15- an archlinux installation
16- `pacman -S devtools` for the clean chroot builder/reproducer
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18Run `makerepropkg /path/to/hello-debug-1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz` (or whichever the
19archive filename is) inside this directory.
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