Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Patch via perl script in an ebuild?

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

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> Am I making any sense?

I think all of that is right on.  I need to find out why the patch
isn't working though.

> Theoretically (if you insist), you could still use the perl's
> Text::Patch route as well, but (if I'm not entirely wrong, see the
> excerpted attempted patch run above) the patch would still need to be
> touched up to match properly with the _3 dev release code. And it
> would add a dependency to Text::Patch, and make an odd call to perl in
> the middle of the ebuild. (I assume it must be made explicitly as I
> don't know if perl-module.eclass has any automation for this. Probably
> not since AFAICT Text::Patch isn't even installed by default).

Do you think it would be better to create a real patch than to use the
perl patch (after we figure out why it isn't working)?  I would think
it would be easier to use the perl patch in case a different version
is released so we don't have to re-create the patch each time.  A
Text::Patch dep wouldn't be so bad.  What do you think?

- Grant