Re: [gentoo-pms] EAPI specification in ebuilds

[Brian Harring]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o>wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 09:40:16AM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > +To enable parsing of ebuilds for the \t{EAPI} value, the \t{EAPI}
> assignment statement must adhere
> > +to the following syntax: It must consist of the string \t{EAPI},
> followed by an equals sign,
> > +followed by the \t{EAPI} value, optionally enclosed in single or double
> quotes. The statement must
> > +be on its own line, optionally preceded or followed by whitespace
> (spaces or tabs), optionally
> > +followed by a comment. Thus, the line must match the following regular
> expression:
> > +\begin{verbatim}
> > +^[ \t]*EAPI=(['"]?)([A-Za-z0-9+_.-]*)\1[ \t]*(#.*)?$
> EAPI=
> is valid in this. Was that intended?
>
> Will there be any issue overriding EAPI as an env var to call a
> function/command?
> EAPI=... foo
>

That's kind of a no no; specific usage?
~harring