Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:04:46 +0100
> Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
>> given that the simplest thing is hacking ebuild.sh and extract eapi
>> with a simple C program (you can use pcre or ragel if you want)
>> exactly before the ebuild source:
> 
> That you're bringing ebuild.sh into this shows you still haven't worked
> out how the process works. There is no need to use ebuild.sh (which is
> a very good thing, because launching bash is slooooooooooooow) when
> there's valid metadata.

it there is a valid metadata you have everything there already and you 
don't have to parse the ebuild so...

>>> So you have patches for Portage? Please show them.
>> Up there what's enough to check the viability for the solution.
> 
> No, it's completely wrong. ebuild.sh has nothing to do with this.

Is there another place in portage that extracts the EAPI value?

> Yes, it will warn noisily. This is unacceptable, since stable users
> will have months and months of noise when new rules come along.

"unacceptable"...

as in "it's ugly to see"...


lu

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