On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:04:46 +0100 Luca Barbato <lu_z...@gentoo.org> wrote: > given that the simplest thing is hacking ebuild.sh and extract eapi > with a simple C program (you can use pcre or ragel if you want) > exactly before the ebuild source:
That you're bringing ebuild.sh into this shows you still haven't worked out how the process works. There is no need to use ebuild.sh (which is a very good thing, because launching bash is slooooooooooooow) when there's valid metadata. > > So you have patches for Portage? Please show them. > > Up there what's enough to check the viability for the solution. No, it's completely wrong. ebuild.sh has nothing to do with this. > >> unknown isn't unsupported? > > > > Huh? Please explain what you mean. > > mv cat/pkg-version.ebuild cat/pkg-version_foo.ebuild > > emerge -vp pkg > > portage will warn about not knowing pkg-version_foo and will ignore > it. Yes, it will warn noisily. This is unacceptable, since stable users will have months and months of noise when new rules come along. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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