Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI5: require ebuilds/eclasses to not use any vars/funcs prefixed with __

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, David Leverton wrote:

> It's nice to be able to do
>     local SANDBOX_WRITE=${SANDBOX_WRITE}
> and then allow bash to restore the old value at the end of the
> function, regardless of how it exits.  It's not the end of the world
> to lose this, but it would be a bit of a shame IMHO - having to do it
> manually seems a little error-prone.

Maybe we should just document the SANDBOX_* variables? Looks like the
easiest solution to me.

The problem with adding an option to addwrite is that eclasses would
have to stick with the existing solution, or add a pointless case
distinction. Otherwise it won't work for all EAPIs.

Ulrich