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On 08/18/2013 12:39 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> For EAPI 6, introduction of a patch applying function to the package |
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> manager itself is being discussed. This would serve two purposes: |
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> - support for PATCHES variable in a default src_install phase |
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> - a function to apply user patches |
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Isn't src_install a bit late for most patches? |
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> In bug 463768 the conclusion so far was that implementing the full |
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> epatch function in the package manager is not feasible. Therefore, |
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> the package manager's implemention would have reduced functionality. |
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> The current epatch() would remain available in eutils.eclass for cases |
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> where its more advanced modes of operation are needed. |
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> The feature list we came up with (see bug 463768 comment 32) includes |
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> support for regular patch files, of course. It also includes support |
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> for directories, with patches applied in lexical order of their |
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> filenames (only files named *.diff and *.patch). |
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> So, the questions that I'd like to ask are: |
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> 1. Is the above set of features reasonable? |
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> 2. Should the function do automatic -p* detection, or should it |
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> default to -p1? Both would be overridable by an explicit -p* |
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> option. There are good arguments for either variant (see the |
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> above-mentioned bug). |
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Pretty please autodetection. It's a very nice feature that we seem to |
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already have sanely implemented. |
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Thanks, |
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Zero |
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> 3. So far, we don't have a good name for the function. |
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> Ulrich |
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