Joshua Nichols kirjoitti:
> Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> I wonder if ebuild using those variables would be more typing than
>> ebuild with own src_compile() :) but not a bad idea anyway.
>>
>>   
> The idea is that you don't end up repeating the same code snippet over
> and over. Instead, you use some variables to configure what targets get
> called. This helps with maintainence, as if we change src_compile, you
> don't have to update it in a trillion places. For example, eant dies by
> itself on error, but a lot of places do eant || die. If we had a default
> src_compile, you'd have to fix it in exactly one place.
>> Yeah check is needed, otherwise you'll be trying to compile current -bin
>> packages without src_compile() in ebuild...
>> Not sure if any ebuild would use the variable, but why not...
>>   
> The answer to 'why not' would be added complexity. But some packages
> would use it, ie, I know some packages have build files at, for example
> 'build/build.xml'.
> 

Committed the attached.

Regards,
Petteri