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| From: | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Cc: | Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] config.environ: delay export of A and AA (bug 720180) | ||
| Date: | Tue, 26 May 2020 07:48:29 | ||
| Message-Id: | b355ff5dea20deb8d10fd8c96297c15935493987.camel@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] config.environ: delay export of A and AA (bug 720180) by Zac Medico |
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| 1 | On Mon, 2020-05-25 at 21:31 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: |
| 2 | > Since variables like A and AA can contain extremely large values which |
| 3 | > may trigger E2BIG errors during attempts to execute subprocesses, delay |
| 4 | > export until the last moment, and unexport when appropriate. |
| 5 | > |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Please don't. This will only hide the problem from developers who will |
| 8 | unknowingly commit broken ebuilds and cause users of alternative package |
| 9 | managers to suffer. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | -- |
| 12 | Best regards, |
| 13 | Michał Górny |
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| Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] config.environ: delay export of A and AA (bug 720180) | Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> |