From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:28:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP41qOgxghRWWiDvSndO7TDxupEaVL1-H+pnE_c_3f9Kb=g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5731F960.50205@gentoo.org>
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> wrote:
> We have maybe 150 ebuilds in the tree using $ROOT in src_* functions.
> Some are bugs, but many look OK to me. Do we really want to say "never"
> do that?
According to PMS, it is only legal in pkg functions.
Can you point to an example where using ROOT in a src function is appropriate?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-10 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-08 17:42 [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT Mike Gilbert
2016-05-10 15:08 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-05-10 15:22 ` M. J. Everitt
2016-05-10 18:28 ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2016-05-10 19:57 ` James Le Cuirot
2016-05-10 21:25 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-05-10 21:27 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2016-05-11 1:42 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-05-11 1:54 ` Brian Dolbec
2016-05-11 2:40 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-05-11 2:50 ` Brian Dolbec
2016-05-11 2:19 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-05-11 2:38 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-05-14 21:35 ` Göktürk Yüksek
2016-05-16 3:09 ` Mike Gilbert
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