[gentoo-dev] Is it acceptable to use 'sed' in ebuild scripts?

[Bob Phan]

Hello, I've just recently created an ebuild for nethack (put it in
app-games/nethack), however, it's build does not use the standard GNU
autoconf/automake system, but rather forces you to manually edit a config.h
file.  Currently, I have just made a patch for X support that is applied when
you "use X".  I would like to add Qt and GNOME optional support, but using
patches, it is very difficult to have one without the other, or the context
will not match (very messy).  I was instead wondering if using 'sed' within
ebuild scripts was accepted practice, or if I should stick a dependancy for
sed at the top of the file.

Thanks for any help.  I plan on writing a few more (hopefully more trivial)
ebuild scripts for any other software I run across.  Also, where should I
submit the ebuild after it's ready?

Thanks again,
Bob

PS. Great distro.  It's the first I have yet to use where I haven't
immediately found something I disliked, on top of its many other
merits.  Good work!

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