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>>>>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>> About this, I would also like to know if we are allowed to use |
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>> "MAKEOPTS +=..." (and the same for other variables in ebuild) |
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>> instead or it should be avoided for some reason. |
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> += wasn't allowed because it isn't compatible with bash-3.1 (and |
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> earlier) if I remember correctly |
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This is almost right: The += operator was introduced with bash 3.1, |
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so previously it couldn't be used in the tree because compatibility |
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with 3.0 was required. |
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> but that ship has long sailed and += syntax is used all over the |
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> tree (and by the package manager itself!) |
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> so feel free :) |
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It's "officially" allowed since more than two years ago: |
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<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20091109-summary.txt> |
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Ulrich |
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