Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in media-sound/cdparanoia: ChangeLog cdparanoia-3.10.2-r3.ebuild

[Samuli Suominen]

On 10/23/2011 04:27 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
>> On 10/23/2011 03:00 PM, Tomas Chvatal (scarabeus) wrote:
>>> scarabeus    11/10/23 12:00:55
>>>
>>>   Modified:             ChangeLog cdparanoia-3.10.2-r3.ebuild
>>>   Log:
>>>   Bump to eapi4 and punt static libs.
>>
>> Time to revert this commit as I don't see anything in the ebuild that
>> disables building the static archives at compile phase.
>>
>> This is same as hiding the problem, not solving it. Not the way we do
>> things at sound@.
>>
>>> +     use static-libs || find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -exec rm -f {} +
>
> Doesn't reverting this seem a bit like shooting yourself in the foot
> to remove an ingrown toenail?
>
> Unless I'm missing something this DOES get rid of the unneeded
> archives.  Now, sure, you'd save a few milliseconds of CPU if they
> weren't built in the first place.  However, you're proposing replacing
> an ebuild that builds but doesn't install undesired files with one
> that builds them AND installs them (since the hypothetical ebuild that
> does neither doesn't exist yet).
>
> Perfection shouldn't hold us back from improvement.  By all means open
> up a bug asking for the next level of improvement if it really bothers
> people.
>
> Now, if there is some subtle issue that causes issues during build if
> the files are there and only removed at the last minute then clearly
> that is a bigger problem.

If you only wanted to remove these files, you are free to use
INSTALL_MASK locally instead of downgrading the quality of tree.

Do you have any idea how much time me, and aballier spent to make
cdparanoia's build system as clean as it is now? And then to coordinate
them with upstream xiph.org?
Then I see this... Not acceptable by any standards.