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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [EAPI 6] src_fetch() for fetching live sources
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:42:13
Message-Id: 20130827154145.1c12208f@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [EAPI 6] src_fetch() for fetching live sources by Ian Stakenvicius
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4 On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:33:27 -0400
5 Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
6 > 0. Why src_fetch() instead of pkg_fetch() ? Technically this would
7 > be running based on the package and may not even need to touch ${S} if
8 > the implementation just handles getting the sources to a state where a
9 > src_unpack() can copy them over.
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11 pkg_ is run for all builds, src_ is only run for non-binaries.
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13 > Being a pkg_* would also keep it out
14 > of the standbox (as i believe convention is that all src_* are
15 > supposed to be sandboxed, correct??)
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17 So are some pkg_ phases.
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19 > This could be handled via support from the PM, too.
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21 I'd rather not have zillions of systems supported by the PM directly.
22 'unpack' is bad enough...
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24 - --
25 Ciaran McCreesh
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