There is a large number of octave packages, and this script helps you create a PKGBUILD automatically. It finds the latest package version released on octave.sf.net and reads necessary configurations from the package's DESCRIPTION file.
- To create a new package:
./newpkg <pkg>
The new package will be created in octave-<pkg>/.
- To update a package, I like to do this:
Create new PKGBUILD from scratch.
rm -rf octave-<pkg>
./newpkg <pkg>
Compare results to committed version and restore custom changes.
git diff
git checkout -p
Test and commit.
cd octave-<pkg>
makepkg -s -i -f
git add -u
git commit -m '<pkg> <version>'
This will rebuild and install the packages which are expected to work.
Outputs an overview of licenses used by the octave-forge packages.