From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENIsp-0007XT-6P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:41:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j95NWB4B028408; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:32:11 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j95NWBbU028053 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:32:11 GMT Received: from cpe-65-26-255-237.wi.res.rr.com ([65.26.255.237] helo=nightcrawler) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1ENIsL-000246-UY for gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:40:42 +0000 Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:40:46 -0500 From: Brian Harring To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Questions about CVS locations and GID... Message-ID: <20051005234046.GG13519@nightcrawler> References: <43443257.8090800@egr.msu.edu> <20051005202429.GC10159@nightcrawler> <20051005215703.73327655@snowdrop.home> <20051005211306.GE10159@nightcrawler> <20051005233132.583685f6@snowdrop.home> <20051005230012.GK10159@nightcrawler> <20051006001430.364854e2@snowdrop.home> <20051005232236.GE13519@nightcrawler> <20051006003835.59140f4b@snowdrop.home> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="w2JjAQZceEVGylhD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051006003835.59140f4b@snowdrop.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 7ec2245d-8af1-41b5-8732-33c928ac3bce X-Archives-Hash: fdc2271b64951fb67b855d311a8ebe0f --w2JjAQZceEVGylhD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:38:35AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:22:37 -0500 Brian Harring > wrote: > | On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:00:12 -0500 Brian Harring > | > > | > wrote: > | > | Beyond that, there is the shebang issue which can be addresses > | > | via a combination of automated scans/fixes, and fixing bugs as > | > | it's hit. Hardcoded vars in scripts for the path to a binary are > | > | an issue also, although again, scans can be done to at least > | > | check for it. > | >=20 > | > This one's a far bigger issue than might be initially obvious. It > | > would involve rewriting a whole load of autotools innards... > | > | Clarify. My knowledge of autotool innards is that it relies on $PATH= =20 > | for lookup of the tools it uses. >=20 > It does in some places, it doesn't in others. It especially doesn't for > things that aren't normally found via PATH. It's a hell of a mess. Examples? ~harring --w2JjAQZceEVGylhD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDRGR+vdBxRoA3VU0RAgMFAJ9kevJlZmNcuswnYuMTEAuqxvk69wCbBrBA z9hUhsHcz/nAJ8RYmW8U0MY= =Za7p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --w2JjAQZceEVGylhD-- -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list