simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited section of code
you can see an example of it in action at the end of the file where i need to
tweak epatch (and no, doing `LC_COLLATE=C set -- ....` does not work).
-mike
--- eutils.eclass 22 May 2013 05:10:29 -0000 1.421
+++ eutils.eclass 2 Jun 2013 03:00:46 -0000
@@ -146,6 +146,77 @@ estack_pop() {
eval unset ${__estack_name}\[${__estack_i}\]
}
+# @FUNCTION: evar_push
+# @USAGE: <variable to save> [more vars to save]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# This let's you temporarily modify a variable and then restore it (including
+# set vs unset semantics). Arrays are not supported at this time.
+#
+# For example:
+# @CODE
+# evar_push LC_ALL
+# export LC_ALL=C
+# ... do some stuff that needs LC_ALL=C set ...
+# evar_pop
+#
+# # You can also save/restore more than one var at a time
+# evar_push BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY
+# ... do stuff with the vars ...
+# evar_pop # This restores just one var, SKY
+# ... do more stuff ...
+# evar_pop 3 # This pops the remaining 3 vars
+# @CODE
+evar_push() {
+ local var val
+ for var ; do
+ [[ ${!var+set} == "set" ]] \
+ && val=${!var} \
+ || val="${___ECLASS_ONCE_EUTILS}"
+ estack_push evar "${var}" "${val}"
+ done
+}
+
+# @FUNCTION: evar_push_set
+# @USAGE: <variable to save> [new value to store]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# This is a handy shortcut to save and temporarily set a variable. If a value
+# is not specified, the var will be unset.
+evar_push_set() {
+ local var=$1
+ evar_push ${var}
+ case $# in
+ 1) unset ${var} ;;
+ 2) eval ${var}=\$2 ;;
+ *) die "${FUNCNAME}: incorrect # of args: $*" ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+# @FUNCTION: evar_pop
+# @USAGE: [number of vars to restore]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Restore the variables to the state saved with the corresponding
+# evar_push call. See that function for more details.
+evar_pop() {
+ local cnt=$1
+ case $# in
+ 0) cnt=1 ;;
+ 1)
+ : ${cnt:=bad}
+ [[ -n ${cnt//[0-9]} ]] && die "${FUNCNAME}: first arg must be a
number: $*"
+ ;;
+ *) die "${FUNCNAME}: only accepts one arg: $*" ;;
+ esac
+
+ local var val
+ while (( cnt-- )) ; do
+ estack_pop evar val || die "${FUNCNAME}: unbalanced push"
+ estack_pop evar var || die "${FUNCNAME}: unbalanced push"
+ [[ ${val} == "${___ECLASS_ONCE_EUTILS}" ]] \
+ && unset ${var} \
+ || eval ${var}=\${val}
+ done
+}
+
# @FUNCTION: eshopts_push
# @USAGE: [options to `set` or `shopt`]
# @DESCRIPTION:
@@ -344,8 +415,11 @@ epatch() {
local EPATCH_SUFFIX=$1
elif [[ -d $1 ]] ; then
- # Some people like to make dirs of patches w/out suffixes (vim)
+ # We have to force sorting to C so that the wildcard expansion
is consistent #471666.
+ evar_push_set LC_COLLATE C
+ # Some people like to make dirs of patches w/out suffixes (vim).
set -- "$1"/*${EPATCH_SUFFIX:+."${EPATCH_SUFFIX}"}
+ evar_pop
elif [[ -f ${EPATCH_SOURCE}/$1 ]] ; then
# Re-use EPATCH_SOURCE as a search dir
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