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Right now we have support in some packages for user patches - those being |
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patches dropped into /etc/portage/patches/pkgname/ - which are automatically |
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applied. Because this feature is implemented by epatch_user() in |
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eutils.eclass, it is only available for ebuilds that inherit eutils and |
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explicitly call epatch_user or inherit another eclass that calls it in an |
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exported phase (eg. base). The end result is a very inconsistent experience, |
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where user patches may or may not work not only on a package-by-package |
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basis, but ebuild-by-ebuild. |
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Is there any reason why this couldn't just be done in the package manager, |
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making user patches available for all ebuilds without code changes? |
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fonts, gcc-porting |
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toolchain, wxwidgets |
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@ gentoo.org |