Re: [gentoo-user] Just when is portage/bashrc sourced?

[Neil Bothwick]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:12:37 -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

> Package P bypasses applying user patches (by not calling
> default_src_prepare).  I have patches I need to apply to P, and in this
> case I really don't want to fork the ebuild.  So, I'm hell bent on
> doing it the hacky way with /etc/portage/bashrc (which, IIRC, I have
> been told on this list not to do, but now I don't have much choice).

You do have a choice, use /etc/portage/env. here's one I have to patch a
specific version of a package

% cat env/app-cdr/cdrdao-1.2.3
post_src_unpack() {
        cd "${S}"
        epatch_user
}

You could also use post_src_prepare to apply the patch after any the
ebuild effects.


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Neil Bothwick

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