Re: [gentoo-dev] portage prize winners

[Aron Griffis]

splite-gentoo@××××××××××××××××.edu wrote:	[Thu Jun 03 2004, 11:44:50AM EDT]
> Nope, you're right.  That's what I get for pre-coffee posting.  This would
> work:
>
> 	use python && { use ppc || myconf="$myconf --with-python"; }

Yes, that's right, but I would avoid it anyway because it takes some
extra thought on the part of the ebuild writer (and reader).  For
example, drop the semicolon and it's a bash error again.

On a different topic...  it is still wrong because it falls back on
configure to make a default decision for python.  This is somewhat of
a different topic, but all ebuilds that do this are wrong because they
produce a non-deterministic build.  Here is what should be done, as I
mentioned earlier:

    if use ppc; then
        myconf="$myconf --without-python"
    else
        myconf="$myconf $(use_with python)"
    fi

At some point I'm going to use mcummings' bugzie client to file a
barrage of bugs to get maintainers to fix their ebuilds to produce
deterministic builds.

Regards,
Aron

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Aron Griffis
Gentoo Linux Developer