On Sat, 12 May 2012 19:57:07 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > The current workaround for this is to use EXTRA_EMAKE from ebuild, > > but I find this rather ugly (if not even forbidden by some PMS > > magic?) > > EXTRA_EMAKE isn't mentioned by the PMS. Do all package managers > support this variable? Portage does since 2004 at least. EXTRA_EMAKE isn't supposed to be mentioned there. It's an internal use variable for users who need to pass something specific to make. > > Can we make econf in src_configure, emake in src_compile, and emake > > install in src_install accept arguments "$@" in EAPI=5, please? > > I'd rather document EXTRA_EMAKE and EXTRA_ECONF in the spec, either > retroactively (in case all package managers support these variables > already), or for EAPI 5. It would accomplish the same as your > proposal, even without the need to add an explicit src_install > function. As above. Otherwise, we'll end up reimplementing just another variable to let users pass their custom arguments. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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