On 17-09-2008 10:41:07 +0200, "C. Bergström" wrote: >> By the way, I'm against this stuff. I rather see a PATH solution >> involved. Portage already has a DEFAULT_PATH, and if someone refuses to >> install patch, one could always use a special directory with symlinks to >> the g-versions, e.g. patch -> /usr/sfw/bin/gpatch such that >> Portage/eclass/ebuilds don't have to bother about this at all. >> > patch is installed and I would agree with you, but in certain > circumstances using the GNU tools are broken.
Then if that is the case, Portage/eclass/ebuild relies on that brokenness. I'm not saying you should have the same PATH as Portage. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
