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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:28:14
Message-Id: 4FFA9481.6040702@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass by "Michał Górny"
1 On 07/08/2012 11:10 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:25 +0200
3 > René Neumann <lists@××××××.eu> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Hi all,
6 >>
7 >> I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of
8 >> base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e.
9 >> should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it
10 >> just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they
11 >> inherit it if needed?
12 >
13 > No. It is unmaintained, has serious design flaws and it simply should
14 > not be used anywhere. At least in EAPI != [01].
15 >
16
17 yet base.eclass supports arguments for base_src_install passed to 'make
18 install'
19
20 and council voted against moving this to the PM
21
22 so what ciaranm said is very true, people just refuse to let it become
23 useless

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Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>