Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] ebuild-functions.tex: Update array detection code.

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Sat, 15 Feb 2020, Ulrich Müller wrote:

> Remove the space after "declare -a" for matching "declare -p" output.
> With the update of the bash version to 4.2 in EAPI 6, variables can
> have other attributes in addition, which would make the test fail.
> For example, see https://bugs.gentoo.org/444832#c7. The implementation
> in Portage already omits the space.

> Replace grep by functionally equivalent code in bash. This is how the
> test is implemented in package managers, and follows the principle
> that external programs should not be called unnecessarily.

> Redirect stderr for "declare -p", because it outputs an error message
> if the PATCHES variable is not defined.

Pushed.