On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 7:40 AM Ulrich Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, Stephan Hartmann wrote: > > > --- a/eclass/unpacker.eclass > > +++ b/eclass/unpacker.eclass > > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ > > # @ECLASS: unpacker.eclass > > # @MAINTAINER: > > # [email protected] > > -# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 5 6 7 > > +# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 5 6 7 8 > > # @BLURB: helpers for extraneous file formats and consistent behavior > > across EAPIs > > # @DESCRIPTION: > > # Some extraneous file formats are not part of PMS, or are only in certain > > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ > > # - support partial unpacks? > > > > case ${EAPI:-0} in > > - [567]) ;; > > + [5678]) ;; > > *) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;; > > esac > > > > I think for EAPI 8 you'll need additional cases in _unpacker() for > 7z, .rar, and .lha/.lzh, because package manager support for these > extensions has been dropped: > https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/8/pms.html#x1-135002r24
That would be a nice enhancement for the eclass, but I don't think it needs to be implemented before EAPI 8 is allowed. It could wait until some EAPI 8 ebuild actually needs to unpack one of these obscure formats.
