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On 05/21/2012 06:46 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: |
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> On May 20, autools.eclass was changed to no longer inherit eutils, |
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> http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=1.133&r2=1.134 |
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Relying on autotools.eclass for your eutils needs was always a |
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> terrible idea, but a few ebuilds did it anyway. Those ebuilds are |
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> now *broken* since they can no longer use epatch. See bug #416847 |
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> for an example. |
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> Check your ebuilds to make sure you inherit eutils in anything |
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> that uses epatch! |
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> -Alexandre Rostovtsev. |
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Excuse me but the way this change was handled is a bit depressing. |
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First, the ebuilds should have been fixed to inherit eutils and then |
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remove eutils from autotools. Now, a bunch of ebuilds are broken out |
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of nowhere. I don't believe this issue was that urgent in order to |
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justify the significant breakage of portage tree. |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |