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Allow makepkg to run as root. This is for security purposes as it is normally dangerous to do so. This will also disable use of fakeroot and sudo.

Ignore a missing or incomplete arch field in the build script. This is for rebuilding packages from source when the PKGBUILD may be slightly outdated and not updated with an arch=('yourarch') field.

Clean up leftover work files and directories after a successful build.

Removes all cached source files from the directory specified in SRCDEST in makepkg.conf(5).

Use an alternate config file instead of the /etc/makepkg.conf default;

Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you override and ignore any dependencies required. There is a good chance this option will break the build process if all of the dependencies are not installed.

Do not extract source files; use whatever source already exists in the src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src/ 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.

makepkg will not build a package if a built package already exists in the PKGDEST (set in makepkg.conf(5)) directory, which may default to the current directory. This allows the built package to be overwritten.

This is a hidden option that should not be used unless you really know what you are doing. makepkg uses this internally when calling itself to set the new development pkgver of the package.

For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD, download the file if required and generate integrity checks. The integrity checks generated are determined by the value of the INTEGRITY_CHECK array in makepkg.conf(5). This output can be redirected into your PKGBUILD for source validation using "makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD".

Do not fail when the PKGBUILD does not contain any integrity checks, just print a warning instead.

Output syntax and command line options.

Useful when building development versions of packages. Prevents makepkg from automatically bumping the pkgver to the latest revision number in the package’s development tree.

Install or upgrade the package after a successful build using pacman(8).

Enable makepkg build logging. This will use the tee program to send output of the build() function to both the console and to a text file in the build directory named pkgname-pkgver-pkgrel-arch.log. As mentioned above, the build log will be localized so you may want to set your locale accordingly if sharing the log output with others.

Disable color in output messages.

Download and extract files only, but do not build them. Useful with the \--noextract option if you wish to tweak the files in src/ before building.

Read the package script buildscript instead of the PKGBUILD default; see PKGBUILD(5).

Upon successful build, remove any dependencies installed by makepkg during dependency auto-resolution and installation when using -s.

Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding the package. This is useful if you forgot a depend or install file in your PKGBUILD and the build itself will not change.

Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed.

Do not actually build the package, but build a source-only tarball that includes all sources, including those that are normally download via makepkg. This is useful for passing a single tarball to another program such as a chroot or remote builder. It will also satisfy requirements of the GPL when distributing binary packages.

Do not actually build the package, but build a source-only tarball that does not include sources that can be fetched via a download URL. This is useful for passing a single tarball to another program such as a chroot, remote builder, or a tarball upload.

(Passed to pacman) Prevent pacman from waiting for user input before proceeding with operations.

(Passed to pacman) Prevent pacman from displaying a progress bar; useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file.