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doc: document automatically updating the pkgver variable

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Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ similar to `$_basekernver`.
*pkgver*::
The version of the software as released from the author (e.g., '2.7.1').
The variable is not allowed to contain colons or hyphens.
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The `pkgver` variable can be automatically updated by providing a `pkgver()` function
in the PKGBUILD that outputs the new package version. This is run after downloading
and extracting the sources so can use those files in determining the new `pkgver`.
This is most useful when used with sources from version control systems (see below).
*pkgrel*::
This is the release number specific to the Arch Linux release. This