On 05/21/2012 06:46 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: > On May 20, autools.eclass was changed to no longer inherit eutils, > see > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=1.133&r2=1.134 > > > Relying on autotools.eclass for your eutils needs was always a > terrible idea, but a few ebuilds did it anyway. Those ebuilds are > now *broken* since they can no longer use epatch. See bug #416847 > for an example. > > Check your ebuilds to make sure you inherit eutils in anything > that uses epatch! > > -Alexandre Rostovtsev. > > Excuse me but the way this change was handled is a bit depressing. First, the ebuilds should have been fixed to inherit eutils and then remove eutils from autotools. Now, a bunch of ebuilds are broken out of nowhere. I don't believe this issue was that urgent in order to justify the significant breakage of portage tree.
-- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
