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From: Zhang Le <r0bertz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:56:32
Message-Id: 476CD116.5070505@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:59:53 +0000
3 > Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >>> It's so that the ebuild's EAPI can be extracted. The way things are
5 >>> currently, there is no way to get an ebuild's EAPI without already
6 >>> knowing its EAPI.
7 >>>
8 >> Like I said, it's trivial to extract a line from the ebuild without
9 >> sourcing. You know it is, and so does everyone else.
10 >
11 > Note *the way things are currently*. If you think this is untrue,
12 > provide an algorithm that will correctly give the EAPI of any current
13 > or future ebuild given that ebuild's filename (hint: you can't).
14
15 Simple.
16 Whatever you'd like to have in the suffix, we can put it on the first line of
17 the ebuild.
18 Just go and get it, and that's the EAPI.
19
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>