Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Gentoo Phoenix] recruitment process
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:21:11
Message-Id: 20100405081903.GF27486@hrair
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Gentoo Phoenix] recruitment process by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 08:48:08AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:33:52 +0200
3 > Tobias Heinlein <keytoaster@g.o> wrote:
4 > > 3) Questions that aren't that important at all and would just be "nice
5 > > to know".
6 > > [snip]
7 > > Examples for these:
8 > >
9 > > 5. What is wrong with using $(somecommand) or `somecommand` or $ARCH
10 > > inside SRC_URI, DEPEND, etc?
11 > > [Devmanual, Caching]
12 >
13 > How the heck is this not important? Anyone who doesn't immediately know
14 > the answer to this has absolutely no business touching any ebuild that
15 > might end up being given to someone else.
16
17 That question really needs chunking up offhand- there are valid usages
18 of $(), but the question doesn't really ask when it's not explicitly.
19 You see it, I see it, so lets skip getting into it further lest
20 someone have a very easy google answer on it ;)
21
22 Either way, file a bug re: it for wording improvements if you'd like.
23
24 ~harring