[gentoo-dev] Re: hardened glibc and gcc dependencies

[Ryan Hill]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:24:12 +0200
Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote:

> On 28.10.2011 2.50, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 01:47, Ryan Hill wrote:
> >> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:03:12 +0530 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> >>> So, I honestly see no reason why toolchain should not start using EAPI 2.
> >>
> >> I await your patch to toolchain.eclass. :P
> >
> > i wouldn't bother as it's most likely not going to be accepted at this time
> >
>
> Why not? EAPI 2 was approved more than 3 years ago. I don't think
> there's a problem policy wise making all ebuilds able to use it these days.

Porting toolchain.eclass to another EAPI would require sacrificing more
chickens than urban zoning regulations permit. I'm working on finding a small
rural acreage close to a local ley line. Will keep you posted.

Or you could use ewarns and dies like they were for years before USE deps got
implemented.


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