Re: [gentoo-pms] Re: [PATCH v2] Explain eapply behavior for EAPI 6

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Michał Górny wrote:

>> Hm, I previously had "IF the first parameter begins with a hyphen
>> AND any parameter is equal to --", because the first parameter
>> certainly cannot be an option argument.

> I know. But does it really make a difference in our case? I wanted
> to try to make the algorithm a little simpler.

*shrug* Let GNU patch choke on it then.

>> > +\ELSIF{any parameter beginning with a hyphen follows one that does not begin with a hyphen}
>> > +	\STATE abort the build process with an error
>>
>> I suggest "return immediately with an error" here, for consistency
>> with the wording below.

> Well, I wanted to emphasize difference in error handling. patch
> failing implies error exit with respect to nonfatal. Usage error is
> unconditional die.

I see, but then the wording might be more explicit. Maybe instead of
"If it fails" say "If applying the patches fails" in the description?

Ulrich