commit: b887343bd84cfbfd7c0fa42e1e35158f3817e464 Author: Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Sep 17 14:35:57 2018 +0000 Commit: Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Oct 24 12:56:36 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=b887343b
ebuild-writing/eapi: Add summary of EAPI=7 features Reference material used includes "The ultimate guide to EAPI 7"[1] by Michał Górny and the "Package Manager Specification"[2] [1] https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-eapi-7.html [2] https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/7/pms.html Signed-off-by: Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo.org> ebuild-writing/eapi/text.xml | 184 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 184 insertions(+) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/eapi/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/eapi/text.xml index 406a562..7fd018f 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/eapi/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/eapi/text.xml @@ -976,6 +976,190 @@ src_install() { </body> </section> +<section> +<title>EAPI=7</title> +<body> +<subsection> +<title>Terminology</title> +<body> +<p>Documents may use the following terms to better describe dependency and installation targets.</p> +<ul> + <li> + <p><b><c>CHOST</c></b></p> + <p>The system that will be running the installed package.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>CBUILD</c></b></p> + <p>The system used to build packages. When not cross-compiling, CBUILD == CHOST.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>CTARGET</c></b></p> + <p>Used in certain cross-compliations, often empty value.</p> + </li> +</ul> +</body> +</subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Variables</title> +<body> +<ul> + <li> + <p><b><c>PORTDIR</c> and <c>ECLASSDIR</c> are removed</b></p> + <p><c>PORTDIR</c> and <c>ECLASSDIR</c> are no longer defined and cannot be used + in ebuilds to access these directories.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>DESTTREE</c> and <c>INSDESTTREE</c> are removed</b></p> + <p>The unintended exported variables <c>PORTDIR</c> and <c>ECLASSDIR</c> + cannot be used in ebuilds to manipulate installation paths. + Use <c>into</c> or <c>insinto</c>, respectively, instead.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>D</c>, <c>ED</c>, <c>ROOT</c>, and <c>EROOT</c> modified</b></p> + <p>These variables no longer contain a trailing slash with <c>EAPI=7</c>.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>BDEPEND</c> addded</b></p> + <p> + Previously, all build-time tools and libraries went into the <c>DEPEND</c>. + Now, built-time dependencies are split into <c>DEPEND</c> and <c>BDEPEND</c>. + The difference is simply that <c>BDEPEND</c> are dependencies to be executed on the CBUILD. + <c>DEPEND</c> remains for other dependencies, such as libraries, for the CHOST. + This improves the cross-compliation support. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>BROOT</c> added</b></p> + <p><c>BROOT</c> is the absolute path to the root directory, including any prefix, containing build + dependencies satisfied by BDEPEND, typically executable build tools.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>SYSROOT</c> and <c>ESYSROOT</c> added</b></p> + <p><c>SYSROOT</c> is the location of where dependencies in <c>DEPEND</c> are installed. + <c>ESYSROOT</c> is <c>SYSROOT</c> with <c>EPREFIX</c> appended. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>ENV_UNSET</c> added</b></p> + <p>A whitespace delimited list of variables to be removed from the build environment.</p> + </li> +</ul> +</body> +</subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Metadata</title> +<body> +<ul> + <li> + <p><b>Empty groupings are banned</b><p> + <p>Groupings which are empty, such as <c>DEPEND="|| ( ${empty_var} )"</c> will now generate an error. + Furthermore, conditions within groupings are more strictly enforced. + Eg. <c>REQUIRED_USE="|| ( foo? ( bar ) baz? ( zoinks )"</c> would previously work with <c>USE="-a -b"<c> now requires + either <c>USE="foo bar"</c> or <c>USE="baz zoinks"</c>. + </p> + </li> +</ul> +</body> +</subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Profiles</title> +<body> +<ul> + <li> + <p><b><c>package.provided</c> banned</b><p> + <p>Profiles may no longer contain a <c>package.provided</c> file with <c>EAPI=7</c>.</p> + </li> +</ul> +</body> +</subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Helpers</title> +<body> +<ul> + <li> + <p><b><c>dohtml</c> banned</b></p> + <p> + The <c>dohtml</c> helper has been banned with <c>EAPI=7</c>. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>dolib</c> and <c>libopts</c> banned</b></p> + <p> + The <c>dolib</c> helper and the associated <c>libopts</c> have been banned with <c>EAPI=7</c>. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>has_version</c> and <c>best_version</c> changes</b></p> + <p> + <c>has_version</c> and <c>best_version</c> now support an optional switch + to determine which type of dependencies to check. + </p> + <ul> + <li><p><c>-r</c> (the default) will check runtime dependencies (RDEPEND)</p></li> + <li><p><c>-d</c> will check target build-time dependencies (DEPEND)</p></li> + <li><p><c>-b</c> will check host build-time dependencies (BDEPEND)</p></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + <p><b>Version manipulation and comparision commands</b></p> + <p> + EAPI=7 introduced three commands for common version number operations. + </p> + <ul> + <li><p><c>ver_cut</c> obtains substrings of a version string</p></li> + <li><p><c>ver_rs</c> replaces separators in a version string</p></li> + <li><p><c>ver_test</c> compares two versions</p></li> + </ul> + <p>See <uri link="::ebuild-writing/variables#Version%20and%20Name%20Formatting%20Issues"/> + for examples of common uses or + <uri link="https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-eapi-7.html#version-manipulation-and-comparison-commands"> + an in-depth look</uri></p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b>New function <c>eqawarn</c></b></p> + <p> + The <c>eqawarn</c> helper has been added with <c>EAPI=7</c>. + This function is to alert developers to a deprecated feature. + Previously, this was contained in <c>eutils</c> eclass which is no longer necessary. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b>New function <c>dostrip</c></b></p> + <p> + The <c>dostrip</c> helper has been added with <c>EAPI=7</c>. + This function controls whether or not to strip a binary.<br> + <c>dostrip -x [file]</c> will exclude a binary from being stripped.<br> + Conversely, when combined with RESTRICT=strip, <c>dostrip [file]</c> selects a binary + file to be stripped. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>die</c> and <c>assert</c> changes</b></p> + <p>These commands are now safe to use in a subshell and act as if they were called in the main process.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>nonfatal</c> changes</b></p> + <p>The <c>nonfatal</c> command now works for shell functions and subprocesses.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>domo</c> behaviour changed</b></p> + <p><c>domo</c> (for localizations) now ignores the <c>into</c> directives. + This follows similar commands like <c>doinfo</c> and <c>doman</c>.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b><c>econf</c> changes</b></p> + <p>The cross-compilation options <c>--build</c> and <c>--target</c> options + to specify <c>CBUILD</c> and <c>CTARGET</c> respectively have been added and are retro-active to all EAPIs. + In addition, if the build supports <c>--with-sysroot</c>, the correct value will be passed + such that normal and cross-compliations succeed. + </p> + </li> +</ul> +</body> +</subsection> +</body> +</section> + </body> </chapter> </guide>