Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the proper quoting style for using epatch? In the tree there > are about 3 different styles... <snip> > What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the > tree there are about 3 different styles... It might be prudent to quote the variables, in case somebody, for whatever reason, has strange characters in assorted paths.
> What is the purpose of setting DEPEND and RDEPEND to "" if DEPEND and > RDEPEND are optional[1][2]? Isn't that just a waste of disk space / > bandwidth? DEPEND="virtual/libc" seems like a waste too as it is an > implicit system dependency[3], any reason for using it? > > DEPEND="" # used by 1479 ebuilds > RDEPEND="" # used by 884 ebuilds These two are probably not necessary, but some devs might prefer to use them in their ebuilds for the sake of explicitly stating the implied. > DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds There are opinions on both sides of this subject, but I think that most devs are starting to see the value in this. If a package requires some other package, say so. It may be a bit more work (twelve keystrokes), but it's worth the extra effort (twelve keystrokes) to be complete. -- twelve keystrokes
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