>>>>> On Tue, 02 Jul 2024, Ionen Wolkens wrote: > On a side-note, it was further a no-op for linux-mod-r1 which opted to > intentionally ignore BUILD_FIXES (variable is currently read by kernel-2 > and linux-mod-r0) and nobody complained.
> If wanted, technically all references of BUILD_FIXES could probably be > removed from eclasses given (normally) nothing sets that variable beside > that ppc workaround. It was also undocumented and more like a private > variable. > Albeit some ebuilds (like the pre-linux-mod-r1 lttng-modules ebuild) > and users have wrongly used it, so it could break some spacebar heating. > No real need to bother with linux-mod.eclass either way given it's due > for eventual removal. A follow-up patch removing the two remaining references to BUILD_FIXES (in getfilevar(), both in linux-info.eclass and in kernel-2.eclass) would be trivial. The variable was originally added by commit [1]. Any other opinions on this? Ulrich [1] https://gitweb.gentoo.org/archive/repo/gentoo-2.git/commit/?id=c3d67d556962a79e055053f7cb88c67c46df293f
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