Use this section if you want your package to start with C source code. Your package will have a two-part build process, first compiling the C code, and then packaging the resulting binaries.

If your C code compiles with the simple expected sequence "./configure; make; make install", you can spare extra lines in your package recipe and use the AutoPackageRecipe class from Conary:

# RECIPE TEMPLATE
# Package from C source code using the simple compiler sequence
class ExampleApp(AutoPackageRecipe):
    name = 'example'
    version = '1.0'
    buildRequires = []
    
    def unpack(r):
        r.addArchive('http://www.example.com/%(name)s-sources/%(name)s-%(version)s.tgz')
    

Replace the class name, package name, version, and archive location as appropriate for your package. Each source or archive you add can be just a file name (if you're checking in those files with the recipe), a network-accessible location as shown in the template example, or a version control checkout action from among Conary's source actions.

For all C source code, you can use the CPackageRecipe class from Conary to package C code. Use this instead of AutoPackageRecipe when you need to make some additional adjustments before or during the compiling sequence:

# RECIPE TEMPLATE
# Package from C source code
class ExampleApp(CPackageRecipe):
    name = 'example'
    version = '1.0'
    buildRequires = []
    
    def setup(r):
        r.addArchive('http://www.example.com/%(name)s-sources/%(name)s-%(version)s.tgz')
        r.Make(makeName = 'Makefile-differentname')
        r.Run('%(builddir)s/pre-install.sh')
        r.MakeInstall()
        r.Install('final.exe', '%(datadir)s/%(name)s/')
    

Replace the class name, package name, version, and archive location as appropriate for your package. Each source or archive you add can be just a file name (if you're checking in those files with the recipe), a network-accessible location as shown in the template example, or a version control checkout action from among Conary's source actions.

Reference all the other actions you can add to your recipe in Conary Recipe Actions, Macros, and Variables at docs.rpath.com/conary.