From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3663A138252 for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60F08E0872; Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70CD1E0867 for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f43.google.com (mail-oi0-f43.google.com [209.85.218.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0ED9D340A7D for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f43.google.com with SMTP id x201so30035973oif.3 for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 11:29:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FVkPBHuoxUWEZqH2pHhb/OlkYQ/D48gboWg4bzkVE3h3WY03g42bPIv/RRUmgQVmScbUdxYOwmVWOGI6w== X-Received: by 10.202.90.3 with SMTP id o3mr16408552oib.96.1462904946003; Tue, 10 May 2016 11:29:06 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.202.75.195 with HTTP; Tue, 10 May 2016 11:28:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5731F960.50205@gentoo.org> References: <1462729330-24788-1-git-send-email-floppym@gentoo.org> <5731F960.50205@gentoo.org> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:28:46 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 95ee7186-3287-4493-b6c3-9b7c422cdf9c X-Archives-Hash: 8564c23b2c9e4be85360d1285fb53767 On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Michael Orlitzky 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?