[gobolinux-devel] Some questions about Recipe types

[Laércio Benedito de Sousa Júnior]

I have some experience in Gentoo (about 2 years), and recently I'm trying GoboLinux. Similarly, I've been studying Portage, and now I'm discovering Compile. I feel these both packaging systems share some ideas and comparations between them are unavoidable.

I like the "Recipe types" feature in Compile, but I have some doubts:

1. Why is the Recipe type declared via

is_compileprogram=yes OR is_makefile=yes OR is_meta=yes OR ... ,

instead of something like

recipe_type=compileprogram OR recipe_type=makefile OR recipe_type=meta OR ... ? Is there support for multi-typed Recipes?

2. Is the Recipe types system implemented in a modular manner (similar to Portage's eclasses), so I can (more or less) easily define and implement new Recipe types?

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