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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:24:18 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sat, 28 Apr 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:52:07 +0200 |
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> > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> > * Get a versionator replacement into the PM |
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> >> Why are we trying to make PM a brick instead of keeping stuff |
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> >> modular? What does the eclass lack which could be provided by PM? |
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> > Because trying to parse version formats correctly in bash is a huge |
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> > pain, and versionator doesn't get it right (never mind that the |
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> > rules were different when versionator was written). |
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> Right. Also the code for version handling is already implemented in |
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> package managers. So it appears natural to make it available to the |
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> ebuild environment, instead of (imperfectly) duplicating it in an |
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> eclass. |
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True. But going this way, I'd say we should also move get_libdir into |
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PM to make it consistent with econf. I'm not sure whether it will work |
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fine with multilib then, however. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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