Re: [gentoo-dev] eselect-compiler updates and unmasking

[Jeremy Huddleston]

> Well, incidentally I was working on "toolchainasing" gnat (a gcc
> based Ada
> compiler, basically just another frontend) and pestered toolchain
> people on
> irc regarding similar matters. Basically it came down to:
> toolchain.eclass
> and eselect-compiler are not for stuff not in gcc, so I had to
> create my own
> ones (gnatbuild.eclass and eselect-gnat), a bit simpler versions
> actually :).
> I could not inherit toolchain.eclass either, only copy the relevant
> parts of
> it..
>
> A due notice: this was discussed already like half a year ago
> (although when I
> announced progress here on -dev no comments followed), so if the
> things have
> chaged since then I will be interested to know too..

Well, I'm not against that support being in eselect-compiler, and in  
fact I think it'd be nice... It's just not a priority on my list, so  
if you'd like to contribute changes which allow support for what you  
want without needlessly complicating things for those who don't want  
to use these advanced features, then I'm more than willing to  
incorporate them.

--Jeremy
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