PacMan Repo Builder

Build a custom pacman repository from a collection of PKGBUILD directories.

Usage

⚠ WARNING: This program is meant to be used within a docker container.

Generate manifest file

Manifest file is always named build-pacman-repo.yaml. It contains instruction to build a pacman repository.

```sh build-pacman-repo print-config \ --repository $repodir/$reponame.db.tar.gz \ --container build-directories \ --with-install-missing-dependencies true \

build-pacman-repo.yaml ```

Note: Replace $repo_dir with path of your repository directory. This directory would contains all built packages. Note: Replace $repo_name with name of your repository file. This file would be fetched by pacman to check for updates.

Replace `/usr/bin/makepkg` with one that allows running as root

The normal makepkg script does not allow running as root. While it may make sense in a user's machine, it inconveniences a Docker container.

sh build-pacman-repo patch-makepkg --replace

Build a pacman repositories

sh build-pacman-repo build

Note: Make sure that build-pacman-repo.yaml file exists in current working directory.

Print help message

sh build-pacman-repo help

sh build-pacman-repo --help

sh build-pacman-repo help $command

sh build-pacman-repo $command --help

GitHub Action

pacman-repo-builder/action let you run build-pacman-repo on an Arch Linux container.