Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH eutils] Introduce run_in_build_dir() used in a few ebuilds.

[Michał Górny]

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:52:09 -0600
William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 04:08:18PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:05:31 -0600
> > William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 02:29:43PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > > The run_in_build_dir() command simply runs given command
> > > > in the directory stated as BUILD_DIR. This variable is used commonly
> > > > by autotools-utils, cmake-utils and python-r1 eclasses, therefore I'm
> > > > proposing adding the relevant function to eutils.
> > > > ---
> > > >  gx86/eclass/eutils.eclass | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/gx86/eclass/eutils.eclass b/gx86/eclass/eutils.eclass
> > > > index 6588792..bb3c1e3 100644
> > > > --- a/gx86/eclass/eutils.eclass
> > > > +++ b/gx86/eclass/eutils.eclass
> > > > @@ -1495,6 +1495,25 @@ prune_libtool_files() {
> > > >  	fi
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +# @FUNCTION: run_in_build_dir
> > > > +# @USAGE: <argv>...
> > > > +# @DESCRIPTION:
> > > > +# Run the given command in the directory pointed by BUILD_DIR.
> > >
> > > I think I would make this more generic if it is going in eutiles,
> > > e.g. rename it something like run_in_dir and pass in the directory as the
> > > first argument.
> >
> > That's not going to work for us since the command is subject to a loop
> > which sets BUILD_DIR, e.g.:
> >
> >   python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir ...
>
> Can you not change the logic so it doesn't die if build_dir isn't set,
> but uses the value of $1 and calls shift?

Where? What? I don't follow really. And since I don't follow, I don't
think that's something reasonable to do.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny