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makepkg: Generate and save the source information into `.SRCINFO`.

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$ makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO

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The command makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO is used in Arch Linux to generate a .SRCINFO file.

When you build a package in Arch Linux using the makepkg command, it extracts the necessary information from the package's build files and metadata to create a PKGBUILD file. This PKGBUILD file contains the build instructions and package metadata.

The --printsrcinfo flag is used with makepkg to print out the metadata of the package in a format that is appropriate for the .SRCINFO file. The .SRCINFO file is used by various tools and services in the Arch Linux ecosystem to provide package information, such as on the Arch User Repository (AUR).

The > symbol is a redirect operator in the command line. It redirects the output of the previous command (in this case, the --printsrcinfo output) to a file called .SRCINFO. The > symbol overwrites the content of the file if it already exists, or creates a new file if it doesn't exist.

So, running the command makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO will generate an .SRCINFO file in the current directory, containing the package metadata needed by Arch Linux's package management tools and services.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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