Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile

[Vaeth <vaeth@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>]

Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> 
> Having to write an ebuild just to install something in a package manager
> friendly way and be able to uninstall it cleanly later is a defect

No, this is exactly what ebuilds meant for: That the package manager
keeps track of your package, and possibly also recompiles it in case
of library upgrades. For this reason, ebuilds should essentially just
consist of the commands which you would also type in the shell - this
information *must* be provided (together with obviously some data like
package name, slot-requests, and an otional description), but essentially
that should be it.
If it is more work or requires more knowledge to write an ebuild, then
it is the ebuild concept which is defect.