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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:21
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41qOgxghRWWiDvSndO7TDxupEaVL1-H+pnE_c_3f9Kb=g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote:
2 > We have maybe 150 ebuilds in the tree using $ROOT in src_* functions.
3 > Some are bugs, but many look OK to me. Do we really want to say "never"
4 > do that?
5
6 According to PMS, it is only legal in pkg functions.
7
8 Can you point to an example where using ROOT in a src function is appropriate?

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