Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] doins, dodoc: Clarify how directories are created.

[James Le Cuirot]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 11:47:08 +0200
Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o> wrote:

> With the -r option, it was unspecified what the mode of any created
> directories is. Clarify that doins -r will create them as if dodir was
> called (i.e., respect diropts), and that dodoc -r will create them as
> if plain install -d was used.
>
> For doins, this agrees with package manager implementations.
>
> For dodoc, this agrees with historic Paludis behaviour. Portage
> behaviour has changed in the past, when dodoc was changed from a
> standalone helper to reusing parts of doins. Usage in the Gentoo
> repository indicates that no ebuilds call diropts specifically for
> installing of documentation. However, for several ebuilds dodoc -r is
> affected by diropts called previously for another directory, which
> looks like an unwanted side effect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o>
> ---
>  pkg-mgr-commands.tex | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

LGTM!

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James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer