Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH 05/22] EAPI 6 supports package.* and use.* directories.

[Michał Górny]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:50:04 +0200
Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o> wrote:

> From: Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o>
>
> Bug: 282296
> ---
>  eapi-differences.tex |  5 ++++-
>  profiles.tex         | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/eapi-differences.tex b/eapi-differences.tex
> index c28494d..2132935 100644
> --- a/eapi-differences.tex
> +++ b/eapi-differences.tex
> @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ of this document for a complete table of previous EAPIs.
>  \bottomrule
>  \endlastfoot
>
> +\t{package*} and \t{use*} dirs & \compactfeatureref{profile-file-dirs} &
> +    No & No & No & No & Yes \\
> +
>  Stable use masking/forcing & \compactfeatureref{stablemask} &
>      No & No & No & Yes & Yes \\
>
> @@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ EAPI 5 is EAPI 4 with the following changes:
>  EAPI 6 is EAPI 5 with the following changes:
>
>  \begin{compactitem}
> -\item None
> +\item Profile \t{package*} and \t{use*} can be directories, \featureref{profile-file-dirs}.
>  \end{compactitem}

Just to be clear, the Portage implementation (originally used
in Arfrever's EAPIs) also allows make.defaults to be a directory. Not
sure if this is desired for consistency, or not.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>