Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Location of Portage bash API (outside of ebuilds)

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

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On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <
arfrever.fta@gmail.com> wrote:

> bin/isolated-functions.sh contains at least 1 useful function, which could
> be exposed for external consumers
> (without __ prefix), but must have private name (with __ prefix) when
> bin/isolated-functions.sh is used in
> ebuild environment.
>
> Possible solutions:
> 1. Make /usr/lib/portage/bin/isolated-functions.sh magically define
> non-private variants of useful functions
>    when run in non-ebuild environment.
> 2. Provide /usr/bin/portage.bash, which would source isolated-functions.sh
> (and maybe other files) and define
>    non-private variants of useful functions. /usr/bin/portage.bash would
> be easier sourceable due to PATH.
> 3. Provide /usr/lib/portage.bash, which would source isolated-functions.sh
> (and maybe other files) and define
>    non-private variants of useful functions.
> 4. Another location...
>
> (I would probably prefer solution #2.)
>
> I think 1 isn't very unix-y, 2-3 are fine. If we expect users to run it,
it goes in bin, if not, then lib.

-A



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> Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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