[SOLVED] Is it appropriate to call "$EDITOR file " from PKGBUILD

I have a PKGBUILD in the AUR for my recent creation ttwm.
Installing from the AUR is a nice convenience (over a git pull, and manual build), but this hinders customization through the config.h which must be modified prior to recompiling.
I have come up with two ideas that may allow the best of both options.
1) Include a command in the PKGBUILD such as
$EDITOR config.h
which will allow the user to edit the config file right before the make command. I know this will work, but I don't know if would be appropriate. Are PKGBUILD expected to run 'uninterupted' or is expecting user input like this acceptable?
2) Include a command to copy a file from the user's home director (perhaps a ~/.ttwm.conf) to config.h - eg
[[ -f ~/.ttwm.conf ]] && cp ~/.ttwm.conf ./config.h
I'm not yet sure if this would even work: can makepkg access something outside the fakeroot environment like this? And would this be acceptable, or is reading from the user's home dir inappropriate?
Any feedback would be appreciated. I want to make building the package as easy as possible, but I also want to ensure the PKGBUILD doesn't violate any standards of expected behavior.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-08-16 21:28:00)

I think you could allow a custom config file or opening the editor depending on an environment variable. If it is not present then the package is built with the default settings. I think this is appropriate when the application is configured at compile time.
It is not too important, though since it is very easy to add a breakpoint to the PKGBUILD with read or just add the editor or copy command manually.
Edit: I like the idea of a console message in build() and/or post_install that reminds the user of modifying config.h just like in the package for tabbed.
Last edited by progandy (2012-08-16 21:48:58)

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