[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-power/nut: ChangeLog nut-2.2.1.ebuild

[Donnie Berkholz]

On 06:03 Sun 09 Mar     , Rajiv Aaron Manglani (rajiv) wrote:
> 1.1                  sys-power/nut/nut-2.2.1.ebuild
>
> file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/sys-power/nut/nut-2.2.1.ebuild?rev=1.1&view=markup
> plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/sys-power/nut/nut-2.2.1.ebuild?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain

> src_install() {

...

> 	eval fperms 0640 ${NUT_PRIVATE_FILES}
> 	eval fowners root:nut ${NUT_PRIVATE_FILES}
>
> 	eval fperms 0644 ${NUT_PUBLIC_FILES}
> 	eval fowners root:root ${NUT_PUBLIC_FILES}

...

> pkg_postinst() {
> 	# this is to ensure that everybody that installed old versions still has
> 	# correct permissions
>
> 	chown nut:nut "${ROOT}"/var/lib/nut 2>/dev/null
> 	chmod 0700 "${ROOT}"/var/lib/nut 2>/dev/null
>
> 	eval chown root:nut "${ROOT}"${NUT_PRIVATE_FILES} 2>/dev/null
> 	eval chmod 0640 "${ROOT}"${NUT_PRIVATE_FILES} 2>/dev/null
>
> 	eval chown root:root "${ROOT}"${NUT_PUBLIC_FILES} 2>/dev/null
> 	eval chmod 0644 "${ROOT}"${NUT_PUBLIC_FILES} 2>/dev/null

Is there any reason why eval is used in either of these places?

Thanks,
Donnie
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