Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: adding support for running eautoconf to base.eclass

[Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>]

On 13-02-2008 08:50:19 +0100, Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Petteri Räty a écrit :
>> What do you think about adding support to base.eclass for running 
>> eautoreconf?

> In most of the ebuilds where we need to run eautoreconf, we usually apply 
> patches. I can't remember of an ebuild where we just run eautoreconf on its 
> own.

+1
If you need to run eautoreconf without adding patches, it may be worth
adding a comment explaining why.

> In the end, that won't help us at all (which is no reason not to have this 
> :) ) but I'm afraid that adding options for semi-hidden stuff can come and 
> bite us later, as we add more and more of those.

I think it should not be added as it hides something quite important.
- it takes a lot of time on most platforms I run
- it may break (especially during bootstrapping, eautoreconfs are hell)
- it may introduce extra deps/caution (e.g. gettext macros being available)

So I'd prefer to keep it quite clear that this is happening, instead of
hiding it somewhere in an obscure corner of the ebuild.


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Fabian Groffen
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