On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:03:18 -0700
Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 04/25/2012 09:44 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:
> > Yeah the whole idea here was to make user patches available without ebuild
> > modifications or eclass dependence.
 
> Using the "apply_user_patches_here" approach [1] that Ciaran suggested,
> the ebuild wouldn't need any modification unless it overrides
> default_src_prepare.

Which is a very large number of ebuilds. :)  But it's a step in the right
direction.

> There is not necessarily any "eclass dependence",
> though the ebuild may call eclass functions such as eautoreconf when
> necessary.
> 
> [1]
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_c228be85e0c4e577ad194e6004d59062.xml



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