On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:16:32 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > The devmanual warns that calling die in a subshell does not work. > > > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/error-handling/index.html > > > This warning has been obsolete for some time; modern versions of > > Portage handle die in a subshell just fine. > > > In fact, at least a couple of eclasses rely on this behavior. For > > example, python-r1 uses subshells created by multiprocessing.eclass > > to implement parallel "sub-phase" functions, any of which may call > > die on failure. > > > Are there any objections to removing this warning from the > > devmanual? > > PMS doesn't guarantee that die works correctly in a subshell: > http://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/pms/5/pms.html#x1-12800011.3.3 > > So the devmanual agrees with the spec, and the eclasses need to be > fixed. What does it take to change future specifications to guarantee this? What's holding this from becoming guaranteed? Why not fix the specs? When we're considering changing this, just a reference isn't enough; please state why it is "_not_ guaranteed". What is the reasoning? Thank you in advance. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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