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commit: f5f8e42eeb8ea1e8c2ac182f30214ef0c559dd88 |
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Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Sun Aug 29 08:10:29 2021 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Tue Aug 31 16:02:50 2021 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=f5f8e42e |
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eclasses.tex: Clarify precedence of EXPORT_FUNCTIONS calls |
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Clarify that the last call to EXPORT_FUNCTIONS takes precedence over |
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earlier calls. |
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Unfortunately, we need an exception when inherit is called after |
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EXPORT_FUNCTIONS because Portage changed its behaviour in 2009: |
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https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=06d4433e8b8be60d606733b9e23f57f8a5869d8f |
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Pkgcore and Paludis apply precedence consistently based on call order |
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of EXPORT_FUNCTIONS. |
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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/399039 |
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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/422513 |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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eclasses.tex | 4 ++++ |
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) |
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diff --git a/eclasses.tex b/eclasses.tex |
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index a92ce1f..e23dcd8 100644 |
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--- a/eclasses.tex |
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+++ b/eclasses.tex |
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@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ should the author wish to override it he can access the function in \t{foo.eclas |
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\t{EXPORT_FUNCTIONS} must only be used on ebuild phase functions. The function that is aliased |
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must be named \t{eclassname_phasefunctionname}, where \t{eclassname} is the name of the eclass. |
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+If \t{EXPORT_FUNCTIONS} is called multiple times for the same phase function, the last call takes |
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+precedence. Eclasses may not rely upon any particular behaviour if they inherit another eclass |
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+after calling \t{EXPORT_FUNCTIONS}. |
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