Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI checking in eclasses
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:10:08
Message-Id: 20071231150659.1672b45f@snowcone
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] EAPI checking in eclasses by Caleb Tennis
1 On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:34:05 -0500 (EST)
2 "Caleb Tennis" <caleb@g.o> wrote:
3 > Is it legal for an eclass to check the EAPI version (presumably by
4 > using the EAPI variable) and perform some dependent behavior based on
5 > what it sees? I don't see any eclasses using EAPI for anything, so
6 > I'm curious.
7
8 Yes, so long as that dependent behaviour isn't intended to indicate an
9 error.
10
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12 Ciaran McCreesh

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