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Thomas Cort <tcort@g.o> wrote: |
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> What is the proper quoting style for using epatch? In the tree there |
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> are about 3 different styles... |
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<snip> |
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> What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the |
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> tree there are about 3 different styles... |
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It might be prudent to quote the variables, in case somebody, for |
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whatever reason, has strange characters in assorted paths. |
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> What is the purpose of setting DEPEND and RDEPEND to "" if DEPEND and |
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> RDEPEND are optional[1][2]? Isn't that just a waste of disk space / |
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> bandwidth? DEPEND="virtual/libc" seems like a waste too as it is an |
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> implicit system dependency[3], any reason for using it? |
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> |
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> DEPEND="" # used by 1479 ebuilds |
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> RDEPEND="" # used by 884 ebuilds |
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These two are probably not necessary, but some devs might prefer to use |
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them in their ebuilds for the sake of explicitly stating the implied. |
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> DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds |
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There are opinions on both sides of this subject, but I think that most |
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devs are starting to see the value in this. If a package requires some |
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other package, say so. It may be a bit more work (twelve keystrokes), |
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but it's worth the extra effort (twelve keystrokes) to be complete. |
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twelve keystrokes |
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