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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] eutils.eclass / EPATCH_EXCLUDE defined wrong?
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:12:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201208172312.50586.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAATnKFDD3DDKWPYXHP8u83K9HGZqWRxj3aaZ5asG_FpoYBSFvQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday 06 August 2012 15:45:46 Kent Fredric wrote:
> Looking at the source of eutils.eclass '  # Let people filter things
> dynamically ' suggests to me that this field is for use by a end user
> via package.env and friends.

no, it is meant for packagers to have a single patch tarball, setup 
EPATCH_EXCLUDE based on USE flags, and then run epatch on that one dir.  
otherwise, you'd have to `rm` files.

there is no support for end users discarding selective patches via package.env
-mike

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      reply	other threads:[~2012-08-18  3:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-06 19:45 [gentoo-dev] eutils.eclass / EPATCH_EXCLUDE defined wrong? Kent Fredric
2012-08-18  3:12 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]

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