Hi,
I’m trying to install vcvrack via Pamac but I’m getting an error. In this github page I found what the problem is and want to make changes in the source code and then build it.
In the build cache folder, /var/tmp/..., I edited the two Makefiles as suggested in the github issue, and then tried to build with this command:
pamac build --no-clone vcvrack
But, the problem is, even after editing the Makefiles, it’s cloning and restoring the original Makefiles (in fact the whole source code, I don’t know from where) and then building it, then the same error.
What is the proper way to modify source code before building a package?
If it’s just too test… without needing to create a patch etc…
1st: makepkg -o
o: no build, it will run till prepare () included but not build ()
2nd Modify the source
3rd makepkg -se
s: install dependencies
e: no extract.
-o, --nobuild
Download and extract files, run the prepare() function, but do not build them. Useful with the –noextract option if you wish to tweak the files in $srcdir/ before building.
-e, --noextract
Do not extract source files or run the prepare() function (if present); use whatever source already exists in the $srcdir/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into $srcdir/ and manually patch or tweak code, then make a package out of the result. Keep in mind that creating a patch may be a better solution to allow others to use your PKGBUILD.
The code changes you make you can express in a “.patch” or diff file which basically contains instructions of which lines of code have been changed/added/removed in which source file(s).
Anyways, go for the approach @scachemaille described in his post. That is ways easier and fully sufficient for a one time exercise…
Also, if the AUR package does not build properly, leave a comment (there is a page for each AUR package where you can leave comments, etc.) and inform the maintainer so he can fix it.
