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From: Vaeth <vaeth@××××××××××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:41:34
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0809090929160.11830@wmax001.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 >
3 > Having to write an ebuild just to install something in a package manager
4 > friendly way and be able to uninstall it cleanly later is a defect
5
6 No, this is exactly what ebuilds meant for: That the package manager
7 keeps track of your package, and possibly also recompiles it in case
8 of library upgrades. For this reason, ebuilds should essentially just
9 consist of the commands which you would also type in the shell - this
10 information *must* be provided (together with obviously some data like
11 package name, slot-requests, and an otional description), but essentially
12 that should be it.
13 If it is more work or requires more knowledge to write an ebuild, then
14 it is the ebuild concept which is defect.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile Bernd Steinhauser <gentoo@×××××××××××××××××.de>