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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:07:32 +0000 |
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> There's a less extreme variant on this that's slightly cleaner, and |
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> with appropriate weaseling is also less messy. Simply add the |
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> following very carefully worded additional requirement for future |
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> EAPIs, and retroactively impose it upon current ones: |
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> If EAPI is to be set, it must be set strictly before any global scope |
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> command or package manager defined function is called. Once set, EAPI |
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> must not be set to a different value. |
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...not quite weasely enough. Also needs: |
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and before any package manager defined variables are used or package |
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manager set shell behaviour is relied upon. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |