Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/4] xdg-utils.eclass: make EAPI 7 ready

[Marty E. Plummer]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 03:41:02AM +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 21/06/18 03:38, Jason Zaman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 06:01:10PM -0500, Marty E. Plummer wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 11:33:53PM +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:21:09 -0500
> >>> "Marty E. Plummer" <hanetzer@×××××××××.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 09:03:44PM +0800, Jason Zaman wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 02:10:50AM -0500, Marty E. Plummer wrote:
> >>>>>> Use ${EROOT%/} whereever possible, as the tools and directories which
> >>>>>> are used with it are already prefixed with a /
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.40, Repoman-2.3.9
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>  eclass/xdg-utils.eclass | 10 +++++-----
> >>>>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> diff --git a/eclass/xdg-utils.eclass b/eclass/xdg-utils.eclass
> >>>>>> index ac075185d8e..8dba5ed6861 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/eclass/xdg-utils.eclass
> >>>>>> +++ b/eclass/xdg-utils.eclass
> >>>>>> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ xdg_environment_reset() {
> >>>>>>  # Updates the .desktop files database.
> >>>>>>  # Generates a list of mimetypes linked to applications that can handle them
> >>>>>>  xdg_desktop_database_update() {
> >>>>>> -	local updater="${EROOT}${DESKTOP_DATABASE_UPDATE_BIN}"
> >>>>>> +	local updater="${EROOT%/}${DESKTOP_DATABASE_UPDATE_BIN}"
> >>>>> Shouldn't things like this be $BROOT since they're being run? $EROOT
> >>>>> might be a different architecture that may or may not run at all on the
> >>>>> build machine.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Good point, but here's a question; if EROOT=${ROOT%/}${EPREFIX}, how do
> >>>> we use BROOT here? EBROOT? Or longhand ${BROOT%/}${EPREFIX} ? I think
> >>>> that may be a use case that got missed in the EAPI 7 discussions.
> >>> BROOT is already prefixed as BROOT without a prefix would just be /.
> >>>
> >> I don't follow. Its my understanding that BROOT ~= ROOT for most
> >> situations. But consider this setup:
> >> Ubuntu amd64 with Gentoo Prefix, emerging a native arm @system to
> >> /mnt/arm EPREFIX = /home/user/gentoo.
> >>
> >> In this situation, ROOT=/mnt/arm, EROOT=/mnt/arm, but what is BROOT? /,
> >> or /home/usr/gentoo?
> > https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-eapi-7.html#broot-variable-for-bdepend
> >
> > Basically BROOT already contains EPREFIX or BPREFIX or whatever it would
> > be called. There is like no need for an un-prefixed BROOT so its just
> > merged in. so you should just need "${BROOT}/usr/bin/update-mime-database"
> >
> > -- Jason
> >
> >>> --
> >>> James Le Cuirot (chewi)
> >>> Gentoo Linux Developer
> >>
> >>
> Obligatory n00b question .. how does this work in EAPI <= 6 ?! :D
>
I would guess something like has eapi 7 || ROOT = BROOT or whatever. Use
BROOT by default and if the EAPI doesn't support it set ROOT to BROOT or
somat.