What is the proper quoting style for using epatch? In the tree there are about 3 different styles...
epatch ${FILESDIR}/some-fix.patch # used by 7326 ebuilds
epatch "${FILESDIR}"/some-fix.patch # used by 3092 ebuilds
epatch "${FILESDIR}/some-fix.patch" # used by 1434 ebuilds
What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the
tree there are about 3 different styles...
S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P} # used by 5270 ebuilds
S="${WORKDIR}"/${MY_P} # used by 43 ebuilds
S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}" # used by 2259 ebuilds
What is the purpose of setting DEPEND and RDEPEND to "" if DEPEND and
RDEPEND are optional[1][2]? Isn't that just a waste of disk space /
bandwidth? DEPEND="virtual/libc" seems like a waste too as it is an
implicit system dependency[3], any reason for using it?
DEPEND="" # used by 1479 ebuilds
RDEPEND="" # used by 884 ebuilds
DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds
[1]
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap_pre2
[2]
http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html#optional-variables
[3]
http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html#implicit-system-dependency
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