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From: Anna <cyber+gentoo@×××××.in>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Add esed.eclass for sed that dies if caused no changes
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:54:31
Message-Id: YpYeDasA761qywPl@sysrq.in
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Add esed.eclass for sed that dies if caused no changes by Ionen Wolkens
1 On 2022-05-31 07:23, Ionen Wolkens wrote:
2 > Implementation / available wrappers / usefulness still up for debate,
3 > but without further comments I consider this ready (albeit first time
4 > touching / making an eclass, so I could be overlooking simple things).
5 > Also partly uses >=bash-4.4, so EAPI-7 is not considered.
6
7 From ebuild(5):
8 > Beginning with EAPI 4, the dosed helper no longer exists
9 > Ebuilds should call sed(1) directly (and assume that it is GNU
10 > sed).
11
12 What were the reasons to remove this helper? Do they still apply to esed
13 as an eclass?

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