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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-pms] Re: [PATCH] src-install-4: Check for empty DOCS variable.
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:09:43
Message-Id: 21039.35472.868444.648763@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] src-install-4: Check for empty DOCS variable. by Ulrich Mueller
1 >>>>> On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2
3 > This arises from bug 481664. There seems to be consensus that the
4 > default src_install function of EAPI 4 (and 5) is flawed, because it
5 > cannot handle the case where an ebuild specifies DOCS="" or DOCS=().
6 > The question is whether we wait with a fix until EAPI 6, or if we
7 > change it retroactively.
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9 This change was rejected by the council in today's meeting.
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11 Ulrich