[gentoo-dev] base.eclass

[René Neumann]

Hi all,

I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of
base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e.
should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it
just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they inherit
it if needed?

In my special case, I discovered that I cannot rely on 'PATCHES' being
honored and hence have to introduce something like:

src_prepare () {
   epatch "some.patch"
   distutils_src_prepare
}

And, imho, this is just noise -- having PATCHES=( "some.patch" ) would
be clearer :)

Thanks,
René