Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Mikey <mikey@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Custom eclass question
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:04:05
Message-Id: 200510092257.50531.mikey@badpenguins.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Custom eclass question by Marius Mauch
1 On Sunday 09 October 2005 19:32, Marius Mauch wrote:
2 > Well, ebuilds (and therefore eclasses) can't override anything related
3 > to the fetch process (other than setting RESTRICT and/or SRC_URI). Your
4 > problem has to be fixed server side (assuming you want a proper
5 > solution), as portage *needs* the correct filename in SRC_URI for things
6 > like md5 verification. So even if $FETCHCOMMAND would save your file
7 > with the "right" name you would be in trouble.
8
9 I was wondering why pkg_fetch seemed to be the only function that cannot be
10 localized in an ebuild... Why is that?

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Custom eclass question Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>