From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCH] TestFakedbapi: override EPREFIX for bug #492932
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:16:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54BAB4FA.5050502@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1419109871-21962-1-git-send-email-zmedico@gentoo.org>
On 12/20/2014 01:11 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
> For tests, override portage.const.EPREFIX in order to avoid unwanted
> access to /etc/portage. This override may seem evil, but it is a
> convenient way to simulate a prefix install, and it is reasonable to do
> this because tests should be self-contained such that the "real" value
> of portage.const.EPREFIX is entirely irrelevant.
Any feedback on this? I think it's good to merge.
I know it's ugly, but it's simple and it works. Maybe we'll come up with
something fancier later on.
--
Thanks,
Zac
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-17 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-20 21:11 [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] TestFakedbapi: override EPREFIX for bug #492932 Zac Medico
2015-01-17 19:16 ` Zac Medico [this message]
2015-01-18 16:54 ` [gentoo-portage-dev] " Brian Dolbec
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