Re: [gentoo-alt] horrible GCC symlink fix

[Fabian Groffen]

On 31-07-2009 15:03:25 +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> Can we finally get rid of the horrible GCC kludge for the symlink issue
> in the eclass ?
>
> Or at the very least provide a flag in which I can turn it off without
> having the need to go poking eclass everytime I've re-synced ?

how about this compromise?

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 toolchain_pkg_setup() {
        # yuck, but how else to do it portable?
        local realEPREFIX=$(python -c 'import os; print os.path.realpath("'"${EPREFIX}"'")')
-       if [[ ${EPREFIX} != ${realEPREFIX} ]] ; then
+       if [[ -z ${I_KNOW_MY_GCC_WORKS_FINE_WITH_SYMLINKS} && ${EPREFIX} != ${realEPREFIX} ]] ; then
                ewarn "Your \${EPREFIX} contains one or more symlinks.  GCC has a"
                ewarn "bug which prevents it from working properly when there are"
                ewarn "symlinks in your \${EPREFIX}."


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level