GAR Variables and their Uses

Probably the biggest hurdle for any new GAR Package maintainer is figuring out what all the variables are and how to use them. This document attempts to catalog them all.

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  1. gar.conf.mk vars
      1. DESTIMG
      2. prefix
      3. exec_prefix
      4. bindir
      5. sbindir
      6. libexecdir
      7. datadir
      8. sysconfdir
      9. sharedstatedir
      10. localstatedir
      11. libdir
      12. infodir
      13. lispdir
      14. includedir
      15. mandir
      16. docdir
      17. sourcedir
      18. DESTDIR
      19. BUILD_PREFIX
      20. ROOTFROMDEST
      21. Compiler Flags
        1. CPPFLAGS
        2. CFLAGS
        3. LDFLAGS
      22. FILE_SITES
      23. MASTER_SITES
  2. Garball Makefile vars
      1. GARNAME
      2. GARVERSION
      3. CATEGORIES
      4. MAINTAINER
      5. DESCRIPTION
      6. BLURB
      7. DISTFILES
      8. MASTER_SITES
      9. CONFIGURE_SCRIPTS
      10. BUILD_SCRIPTS
      11. INSTALL_SCRIPTS
      12. Environment Setting Vars
        1. CONFIGURE_ENV
        2. BUILD_ENV
        3. INSTALL_ENV
      13. Script Argument Vars
        1. CONFIGURE_ARGS
        2. BUILD_ARGS
        3. INSTALL_ARGS
      14. BUILD_OVERRIDE_DIRS
      15. INSTALL_OVERRIDE_DIRS
      16. DEP vars
        1. DEPENDS
        2. LIBDEPS
        3. BUILDDEPS
  3. Working Dir Variables and Convenience Macros
      1. GARDIR
      2. FILEDIR
      3. DOWNLOADDIR
      4. COOKIEDIR
      5. WORKDIR
      6. WORKSRC
      7. EXTRACTDIR
      8. SCRATCHDIR
      9. CHECKSUM_FILE
      10. MANIFEST_FILE
      11. DISTNAME
      12. ALLFILES
      13. INSTALL_DIRS
      14. MAKECOOKIE
      15. DIRPATHS
      16. NODIRPATHS
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GAR Variables and their Uses

  1. gar.conf.mk vars
  2. Garball Makefile vars
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