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On 17:21 Thu 12 Feb , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> The problem is, without GLEP 55, EAPI isn't known before the ebuild is |
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> sourced to generate metadata. If someone uses += anywhere that older |
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> bash looks when sourcing for metadata generation (which is not just |
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> global scope) |
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Where else does it look? |
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> the package manager won't know that the EAPI says that bash-3.1 is |
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> required for sourcing until after it's already done the sourcing, by |
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> which point it's too late. |
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OK. What could we do about this? GLEP 55 was one suggestion. |
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I'm seeing a lot of people shooting down suggestions, and not many |
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people presenting good, workable solutions. Could we get some more of |
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those on the table? |
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Here's basically what I've seen: |
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- GLEP 55 will solve all the world's problems |
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- Change PMS to bash 3.1, and go with the "wait a while" that we'd |
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previously done |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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