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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Cc: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH v2] pkg-mgr-commands: Add --build and --target to econf (retroactively)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:54:25
Message-Id: 23176.45721.880791.277435@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH v2] pkg-mgr-commands: Add --build and --target to econf (retroactively) by "Michał Górny"
1 >>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
2
3 > +\subsection{-{}-build and -{}-target econf parameters}
4 > +The \t{econf} command (see section~\ref{sec:build-commands}) has been amended to include two
5 > +additional configure options: --build and --target. Originally those options were not included
6 > +in the PMS, even though Portage has been passing them before 2005 already; they are also passed
7 > +by Paludis and pkgcore.
8
9 This is a bit redundant: If it has been amended then it is clear that
10 it wasn't present before. I'd just start the second sentence with:
11 "Portage has been passing both options ..."
12
13 > + \item -{}-build must be the value of the \t{CBUILD} environment variable. This option will only
14 > + be passed if the \t{CBUILD} variable is set to a non-empty value.
15
16 Maybe shorten this to: "... if \t{CBUILD} is non-empty."
17
18 > + \item -{}-target must be the value of the \t{CTARGET} environment variable. This option will only
19 > + be passed if the \t{CTARGET} variable is set to a non-empty value.
20
21 Ditto.
22
23 Ulrich

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