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On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 06:54:21PM +0500, Anna wrote: |
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> On 2022-05-31 07:23, Ionen Wolkens wrote: |
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> > Implementation / available wrappers / usefulness still up for debate, |
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> > but without further comments I consider this ready (albeit first time |
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> > touching / making an eclass, so I could be overlooking simple things). |
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> > Also partly uses >=bash-4.4, so EAPI-7 is not considered. |
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> From ebuild(5): |
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> > Beginning with EAPI 4, the dosed helper no longer exists |
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> > Ebuilds should call sed(1) directly (and assume that it is GNU |
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> > sed). |
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> What were the reasons to remove this helper? Do they still apply to esed |
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> as an eclass? |
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Haven't looked up exact history, but afaik dosed existed because of sed |
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formerly not having -i. And editing files in-place was tedious in |
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ebuilds with cp/mv. With -i becoming commonplace (PMS also requires |
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GNU sed) it lost its purpose beside just allowing to skip -i/||die. |
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esed does bring back the -i/die skipping but that's not its inherent |
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purpose and GNU sed currently does not support a mean to report if |
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changes occurred (if this happens, esed may well become obsolete too). |
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