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On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 19:30 -0600, Jeremy Olexa wrote: |
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> Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 01:21 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> >> On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 01:18 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> >>> On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 19:15 -0600, Jeremy Olexa wrote: |
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> >>>> Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> >>>>> Why do we reset EPREFIX in gcc-config - isn't it already set by the |
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> >>>>> SHELL ? |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> Alan. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>> It is not guarenteed to be set in the shell. Although, I am not against |
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> >>>> it. Maybe it could/should be set in etc/env.d/00basic ? |
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> >>> So where is it guaranteed to be set ?? Otherwise a lot of ebuilds would |
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> >>> break ? |
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> >> I'll mention I thought the right way was to use "startprefix" to enter |
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> >> prefix which does set it via the SHELL. |
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> > And even then, we needn't reset it in gcc-config which was the real |
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> > question in the thread, so it should be removed. |
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> > Alan. |
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> Woa, hold on. Formalize your thoughts before hitting send ;) |
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There's always something else to comment on :-) |
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> EPREFIX is passed to portage via a configure call. So, portage always |
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> knows about EPREFIX. There is more than one way to enter your prefix |
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> environment and we should not break on purpose if users prefer to not |
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> use startprefix.. Off hand, I don't know how EPREFIX is used in |
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> gcc-config (no access to my prefix during off hours), so I will defer |
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> answering that for now, just wanted to clarify the above point. |
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binutils-config is the same and sets it's own EPREFIX based on what |
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portage passes down to it when emerging. |
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I'm wondering how many other scripts do this now. |
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Alan. |
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