[gentoo-portage-dev] euse creates broken /etc/make.conf when USE declaration starts with empty line:

[gentoo-portage-dev] euse creates broken /etc/make.conf when USE declaration starts with empty line:

[Amit Dor-Shifer]

Hi.

I have the following USE setup in /etc/make.conf:

USE="
a b
c

-d -e
"

Portage seems ok with this layout.

However, when I euse to enable some other flag, /etc/make.conf gets
corrupted:

amit0 ~ # euse -E f
/etc/make.conf was modified, a backup copy has been placed at
/etc/make.conf.euse_backup
amit0 ~ # grep -A 5 ^USE /etc/make.conf
USE="a b c -d -e f"
a b
c

-d -e
"

Is euse broken?

amit0 ~ # qlist -Iv sys-apps/portage gentoolkit
app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1
app-portage/gentoolkit-dev-0.2.6.2
sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7


Amit

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] euse creates broken /etc/make.conf when USE declaration starts with empty line:

[Joseph Booker]

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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:23:59 +0300
Amit Dor-Shifer <amitds@oversi.com> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I have the following USE setup in /etc/make.conf:
> 
> USE="
> a b
> c
> 
> -d -e
> "

Try the following:
USE=" \
a b \
c \
\
-d -e \
"

What you have is correct bash syntax, but the way written above
(escaping the new lines) will work with euse and portage

btw, gentoo-portage-dev really isn't the place to discuss euse bugs,
gentoo-dev, gentoo-user, the forums, or bugs.gentoo.org would be more
appropriate. (gentoo-portage-dev is more about the internals of portage)

-- 
Joseph Booker

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[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: euse creates broken /etc/make.conf when USE declaration starts with empty line:

[Duncan]

Joseph Booker <joe@neoturbine.net> posted 20090624102731.677409f3@fenrir,
excerpted below, on  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:27:31 -0500:

> btw, gentoo-portage-dev really isn't the place to discuss euse bugs,
> gentoo-dev, gentoo-user, the forums, or bugs.gentoo.org would be more
> appropriate. (gentoo-portage-dev is more about the internals of portage)

FWIW, gentoo-dev wouldn't be either.  But as here, pretty much all lists 
(and forums and IRC and...) should be at least polite enough to refer 
first time posters to the correct locations, and often to answer the 
question too. =:^)

But Gentoo uses bugs for all sorts of stuff, including administrative 
stuff like tracking new and retiring devs, and other "not ordinarily 
something you'd call a bug" bugs, so that's a reasonable place (even if 
they do get marked invalid or notabug at times), and the various user 
forums/lists/IRC-channels work well if you want a second user opinion, or 
just some peer help, before bothering a dev.

-- 
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