On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:58:19 -0400 Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | a) are there limits to the size and/or complexity of the ebuilds that | are accepted into portage?
Well... * Whoever ends up maintaining said ebuild must understand it. * Too much complexity is often a sign that you're doing something wrong. * Too much complexity often suggests that an eclass is needed. * Too much complexity often suggests that upstream's build system is annoyingly broken. | b) If there are and I end up going beyond them, is there a | recommended methodology for relocating some of the functionality? I | mean, can I put code into scripts in the files directory and freely | execute from there? eclass. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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