Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI 6 portage is out!

[Michał Górny]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:20:26 -0500
NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@g.o> wrote:

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> On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:09:34 +0100
> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
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> > Fellow Developers!
> >
> > I have the pleasure to announce that portage-2.2.25 has just been
> > committed and it comes with complete EAPI 6 support. This effectively
> > means that from this moment forward Gentoo developers are permitted to
> > commit EAPI 6 ebuilds to ~arch.
> >
> > Some quick notes:
> >
> > 1. Remember that you can't stabilize ebuilds using EAPI 6. Therefore,
> > if you go for EAPI 6, you ebuild may be forced to stay ~arch for quite
> > a while.
> >
> > 2. The Portage implementation needs more testing and can be buggy.
> > Write ebuilds according to the spec, not Portage behavior or they will
> > fail.
> >
> > 2a. It just occurred to me that Portage does not fail when eapply_user
> > is not called. This is a bug, so make sure to call it or
> > default_src_prepare.
> >
> > 3. EAPI 6 is not a drop-in replacement for EAPI 5. Study it to use it
> > efficiently. Use it as an opportunity to improve the API of your
> > eclasses.
> >
> > 4. I've written an extensive guide [1] with some explanations
> > and rationale for many of the features. Consider it a must-read.
> >
> > 4a. We need someone to update the devmanual.
> >
> > [1]:https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2015/11/13/the-ultimate-guide-to-eapi-6/
> >
>
> I just read your guide.   What's the recommended manner to upgrade an
> ebuild from the autotools-utils eclass?  General advice would be
> preferred, but I'm specifically looking at app-emulation/wine.

Basically you replace autotools-utils with default phase functions
and/or econf "${myeconfargs[@]}" or alike. In case of wine, the only
usage seems to be 'autotools-utils_src_prepare' which goes straight to
'default'.

For 9999, you also 'inherit autotools' and run eautoreconf explicitly.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>