[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-admin/chrpath: ChangeLog chrpath-0.13-r2.ebuild

[Steven J Long]

Michał Górny wrote:
> I don't think that passing multiple files to epatch actually improves
> readability. Simple example:
> 
> # bug #123456, foo, bar
> epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-foo.patch
> # bug #234567, baz bazinga blah blah
> epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-baz.patch
> 
> With multiple arguments, you can't put comments in the middle.
> 
++ It's also a lot easier to remove the single patches when they're no
longer needed. In the context of configuring, building and installing a
package, the extra overhead is miniscule, whereas the above is *much*
easier to maintain.
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