From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-6460-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RKiyx-0005p0-5M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0CC321C040 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j931KL5s010422 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 01:20:22 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EMF7t-0002w0-L6 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:28:21 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EMF8K-0006YM-Rz for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:28:48 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 02:28:46 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild limits? Message-ID: <20051003022846.4e35d707@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200510022048.27711.dnebinger@joat.com> References: <200510021958.31893.dnebinger@joat.com> <20051003010858.5eeba011@snowdrop.home> <200510022048.27711.dnebinger@joat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_02_28_46_+0100_KDQ_qMoGh3ZobT6.; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 4765c902-df65-411c-92ec-349959d14b40 X-Archives-Hash: 7559b029938d2160756c0c79423fce69 --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_02_28_46_+0100_KDQ_qMoGh3ZobT6. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:48:27 -0400 Dave Nebinger <dnebinger@joat.com> wrote: | So yeah, things are pretty complicated due to the upstream build | system expectations. I suggest hitting upstream with a cluebat until they make a proper build system. | 1. Can I use /usr/local/portage/eclass for development/testing? Portage is kinda broken with eclasses in overlay... It'll work, so long as you remember to touch all affected ebuilds every time you change the eclass. | 2. Do I create a single eclass, i.e. zimbra.eclass, to represent an | eclass for a specific package or do I generate multiple eclasses | based upon functionality? Well... If it's really an eclass for a whole package, it may not be worth packaging the thing at all. | a /var/db/pkg query system, Yick! Bad bad bad idea. | 3. Do eclasses get submitted on the same bug report as the ebuild | submission, or do they get a bug report of their own? All in one bug's usually easier. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_02_28_46_+0100_KDQ_qMoGh3ZobT6. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDQIlQ96zL6DUtXhERAhVcAJ92XOkPg9vG32ZiEU5Kw6PAmaWGBACdGHvU qY6gh7fp5bkzcsJuQXrdvLg= =wY4z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_02_28_46_+0100_KDQ_qMoGh3ZobT6.-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list