On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:43:59 +0000
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@...> wrote:
> The DEFINED_PHASES variable will contain a space separated arbitrarily
> ordered list of phase names. A phase name is listed in DEFINED_PHASES
> if and only if the ebuild or an eclass used by that ebuild provides an
> implementation of that phase's phase function.

This needs "or if the ebuild or an eclass used by that ebuild provides
a pre_ or post_ Portage hook for that phase", unless the Java people
are prepared to nuke their horrid icky java-pkg.eclass hack that works
around a now-fixed Portage bug.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh