pkgbuild.yml

name: foo
version: 1.0
release: 1
summary: A fictional package to show the YAML package format
description: >
  This package is an example of the YAML universal package format, which
  aims to be portable and extandable. This description can be as long as
  it needs to be.
architectures: # Values denote architectures supported by this package
  any:
    sources: # URIs of source files, such as a source tarball
      - uri: http://www.foo.org/{{name}}-{{version}}.tar.gz
        checksums: # keys denote algorithm, values are the checksums
          md5: fd085a845298afb36f6676feac855e63
          sha1: e19f73b340aeae43b98908006094af62e0c7b5b9
      - uri: shared_data-{{version}}.tar.gz
        checksums:
          md5: 2edd3a155dcbb6632029accd2926d33b
          sha1: 776b13c7ff8e8b120a1ea4910a8b8b64c289e6b6
        extract: Yes # Whether an archive should be extracted
icon: foo.png # An icon for GUI package managers
licenses: [MIT]
url: http://www.foo.org
categories: [fictional, example] # Keywords associated with this package
groups: null # Allows to install a group of packages as a single target
requires:
  - bar >= 2.1
  - eggs == 1.1.2
provides:
  - example
conflicts:
  - foobar
optional: # Keys denote optional packages, values describe why they are
          # optional and what features they provide
  - eggs: To make a nice omelette
  - spam: If you like that sort of thing...
extensions: # User-defined data
  # The following is metadata used by makepkg, but not used by other
  # common package managers.
  options: [trip, "!docs", libtool, emptydirs, zipman]
  backup:
    - /etc/foo.rc
  install: foo.install
  build: |
    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    make
    make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
...