Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ryan Shaw <ryan.shaw@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Cc: chad.huneycutt@×××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] src_unpack and patches
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:43:26
Message-Id: 20020516223849.732f5285.ryan.shaw@stanfordalumni.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] src_unpack and patches by "Chad M. Huneycutt"
1 Chad wrote:
2
3 > Ryan Shaw wrote:
4 > > Hello,
5 > >
6 > > The developer docs say:
7 > >
8 > > src_unpack: Use this function to unpack your sources and apply
9 > > patches, and run autoconf/automake/etc. if necessary. By default,
10 > > unpacks the packages in ${A} and applies ${PF}-gentoo.diff. The
11 > > default starting directory is ${WORKDIR}.
12 > >
13 > > However, src_unpack just seems to unpack sources: it doesn't
14 > > apply the *-gentoo.diff patch automatically. Are the docs old
15 > > or is this something intended that hasn't been implemented
16 > > yet?
17 >
18 > I am not sure whether it used to patch and now doesn't or if the patching
19 > was just never implemented by default. At any rate, you should report this
20 > at bugzilla. You might also mention that the unpack routine is a little
21 > braindead with respect fo files that are gzipped, but not tarred.
22
23 Okay, it is in bugzilla now. I didn't mention the braindeadedness
24 wrt gzipped files because I don't know specifically what the problem
25 is, and I don't want to submit a vague report...maybe you could
26 submit it? :^)
27
28 Ryan