Gentoo Logo
Gentoo Spaceship




Note: Due to technical difficulties, the Archives are currently not up to date. GMANE provides an alternative service for most mailing lists.
c.f. bug 424647
List Archive: gentoo-dev
Navigation:
Lists: gentoo-dev: < Prev By Thread Next > < Prev By Date Next >
Headers:
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@...>
Subject: Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:27:09 +0100
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:15:35 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...> wrote:
> In ordered to make it globally available, it cannot simply be an
> EAPI-5 thing, it must apply to all current ebuilds whether they (or
> an inherited eclass) call epatch_user or not.  Which means that
> conflict with the existing epatch_user is unavoidable, since it will
> either try to run twice where it's already called, or it won't run at
> all where it's not.

In order to make it globally available, you put it in EAPI 5, and make
the package mangler die at pretend time if the user has patches
specified for a package that isn't EAPI 5.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh
Attachment:
signature.asc (PGP signature)
Replies:
Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Zac Medico
References:
Making user patches globally available
-- Ryan Hill
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Jeroen Roovers
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Mike Frysinger
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Ciaran McCreesh
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- David Leverton
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Zac Medico
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- David Leverton
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Ryan Hill
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Duncan
Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Zac Medico
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Duncan
Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Zac Medico
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Duncan
Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Zac Medico
Re: Making user patches globally available
-- Duncan
Navigation:
Lists: gentoo-dev: < Prev By Thread Next > < Prev By Date Next >
Previous by thread:
Re: EAPI 5 (Was: Re: Re: Making user patches globally available)
Next by thread:
Re: Re: Making user patches globally available
Previous by date:
Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement
Next by date:
Re: Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force


Updated Jun 29, 2012

Summary: Archive of the gentoo-dev mailing list.

Donate to support our development efforts.

Copyright 2001-2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. Questions, Comments? Contact us.