Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] eutils.eclass: Show death notice only when user patches were really applied

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 22 sierpnia 2016 13:16:28 CEST, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> napisał(a):
>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
>
>> On 2016-08-22 09:30, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>> I wonder if extending an obsolete feature is worth the effort.
>>> In EAPI 6, epatch_user has been replaced by eapply_user.
>
>> Well, I created the patch in November 2015 but never submitted it.
>> Yesterday someone in #gentoo-dev also asked about that
>> false-positive warning...
>
>> Yes, EAPI >=6 doesn't have this problem anymore. But many system
>> packages won't migrate to EAPI=6 very soon. So this irritating
>> warning will stay for the next years if we don't fix it. And because
>> it is an easy fix... isn't it?
>
>Sure, it is an easy fix. However, it is not without cost, as it adds
>another variable to global scope of all ebuilds inheriting eutils.
>Even in EAPI 6 where epatch_user will not be used.

But then, epatch shouldn't be used either.

>
>>>> +		: $(( EPATCH_N_APPLIED_PATCHES++ ))
>>>
>>> Why not simply:
>>> (( EPATCH_N_APPLIED_PATCHES++ ))
>
>> When I created the patch I tried to use the same coding style. See
>
>>> : $(( count++ ))
>
>> two lines above.
>
>git blame point to the following commit:
>2975c21ee (Mike Frysinger 2010-01-09 20:06:24 +0000  595) : $(( count++
>))
>
>Looks like this was missed during eclass review back then. (I cannot
>find anything in the mailing list archives, though. Can anyone provide
>a pointer?)

vapier and review? Are you asking seriously?

>
>> Can I keep this or should I change?
>
>*shrug* It's a tiny issue.
>
>Ulrich


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