Arch Linux

And no need the groups=(...), because it just installed as a dependence.

######################################
pkgname=libcompizconfig-git
pkgver=20090508
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Compiz configuration system library"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://opencompositing.org"
license=('GPL')
depends=('compiz-core-git' 'libxml2') ####use new compiz-core-git instead of compiz-git
makedepends=('git' 'intltool' 'pkgconfig')
conflicts=('libcompizconfig')
source=()
md5sums=()
options=(!libtool !emptydirs)

_gitroot="git://git.compiz-fusion.org/compiz/compizconfig/libcompizconfig"
_gitname="libcompizconfig"

build() {
msg "Connecting to opencompositing.org GIT server...."

if [[ -d $srcdir/$_gitname ]] ; then
cd $_gitname
git pull origin
msg "The local files are updated."
else
git clone $_gitroot $_gitname
cd $_gitname
git checkout --track -b compiz-0.8 origin/compiz-0.8
fi

msg "GIT checkout done"
msg "Starting make..."

rm -rf $srcdir/$_gitname-build

cp -r $srcdir/$_gitname $srcdir/$_gitname-build
cd $srcdir/$_gitname-build

./autogen.sh \
--prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--disable-static || return 1

make || return 1
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1

rm -rf $srcdir/$_gitname-build
}

please change

git://anongit.opencompositing.org/fusion/compizconfig/libcompizconfig

to

git://anongit.opencompositing.org/compiz/compizconfig/libcompizconfig

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@adamruss: sometimes people don't install package to / and pacman allow you to install to any dir.

just rm the src dir an re download it

==> Connecting to opencompositing.org GIT server....
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/yaourt-tmp-metapy/aur-libcompizconfig-git/libcompizconfig-git/src/libcompizconfig/.git/
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build libcompizconfig-git package.

i get a build error on this one...

Updated pkgbuilds to conflict with 0.5.2 release

Fix up the pkgbuild's a tiny bit to comply with packaging standards

Initial commit