[gentoo-dev] Re: OT: Re: Default src_install for EAPI-2 or following EAPI

[Steve Long]

Steve Long wrote:

> In summary that's why for
> instance no filenames with spaces (leave alone all the other characters
> you can't deal with atm) can be safely handled by any of your ebuild
> structure, unless it comes from a glob, and is never manipulated or
> referenced in and of itself. (Unless you wish to go down the eval route,
> which believe me is not fun at all.)
> 
Or Roy's shell function thing (ie every array is handled via a function
call.) Then we're arguing about how, not why, however (and BASH arrays are
much nicer to work with for scripts that aren't just glue.)