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On Wed, 11 May 2016 12:27:10 -0400 |
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Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> |
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> > A recent thread on gentoo-dev proposed a change to the devmanual's |
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> > description of the ROOT variable: |
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> > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/8901669dd375ca0fdb610efef0ddfe6f |
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> > The proposed change would bring the devmanual's language in line |
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> > with the PMS. That discussion reveals that the use of ROOT outside |
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> > of pkg_* is illegal, yet current versions of repoman/portage allow |
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> > it. This commit adds a test ebuild that violates the PMS (with |
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> > respect to ROOT) in several ways. |
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> This looks good to me, very thorough. I say go ahead and push it. |
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I agree, and thank you. |
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I'll work on adding this check to repoman after I finish getting some |
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in progress changes done so the new repoman code can be released. |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen> |
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