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makepkg:tldr:60bb0
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.