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From: Kumba <kumba@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some 'proper coding' notes for ebuilds
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 02:50:40
Message-Id: 3F2C7887.50103@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some 'proper coding' notes for ebuilds by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2
3 > oooooooooh and stop trying to run the `patch` cmd yourself ...
4 >
5 > no one is cooler than `epatch` (which is integrated into portage now, so dont
6 > 'inherit eutils'), so stop trying to think you ppl are
7 >
8 > -mike
9
10 Isn't the only time we want to avoid this on a kernel ebuild? There was
11 an email many weeks ago on -dev I think (mighta been -core) which said
12 to avoid using epatch on kernel sources, due to it's brute-force method.
13 Also, what about "xpatch"? I had heard of this mechanism used awhile
14 ago, but not recently.
15
16 --Kumba
17
18 --
19 "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world:
20 small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are
21 elsewhere." --Elrond
22
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Some 'proper coding' notes for ebuilds Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>