Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD : .ebuild is only bash

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 03/13/2012 08:29 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>    I'm answering Ciaran's and Brian's posts together, because the answer
> is the same for both... namely, we need a 2-pass processor, regardless
> of whether it's bash/perl/python/whatever.  Pass 1 checks for syntax
> errors and retrieves "special" variables, answering Ciaran's concern.
> Today, it's EAPI.  In future, there may be others.  Pass 2 does the
> build, assuming no errors detected in pass 1.
>

Problem is, the only thing that can tell if there's a bash syntax error 
is bash itself.