Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Rename PORT_LOGDIR{,_CLEAN} variables to PORTAGE_LOGDIR{,_CLEAN} Bug 668538
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:55:08
Message-Id: 1544864100.3413.4.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Rename PORT_LOGDIR{,_CLEAN} variables to PORTAGE_LOGDIR{,_CLEAN} Bug 668538 by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On Sat, 2018-12-15 at 02:25 +0000, M. J. Everitt wrote:
2 > This patchset aims to fix potential ambiguity and confusion between older PORT_LOG* variables,
3 > and more recent PORTAGE_* variables - often leading to mysteriously lacking logging due to
4 > incorrect variable names. Documented in Bug 668538; with thanks to Zac for diagnosis, and
5 > solution assistance!
6 >
7
8 Does 'often' actually affect more than one person? Do you have any
9 evidence to support this?
10
11 Given that a lot of Portage variables don't have any prefix or sane
12 names, I dare say this one doesn't especially stand out.
13
14 --
15 Best regards,
16 Michał Górny

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