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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:46:47
Message-Id: 20071218004325.41a3240f@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Thomas de Grenier de Latour
1 On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:36:51 +0100
2 Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr> wrote:
3 > Why can't it be in the file but readable without sourcing? For
4 > instance, it could be mandatory that EAPI=X, if present, must be the
5 > first non-blank and non-comment line of the ebuild (and it would then
6 > be checked after sourcing, if the ebuild is sourced, to bug on cases
7 > where it's redefined or unset afterwards).
8
9 That's another option. It's considered less ideal because it's a nasty
10 hack -- it imposes restrictions beyond "it's bash" upon the format of
11 ebuilds.
12
13 --
14 Ciaran McCreesh

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