EAPI=6

+EAPI=6 + + + +Bash version + +

Ebuilds can use features of Bash version 4.2 (was 3.2 before).

+ + + + +Ebuild environment + +

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Locale settings
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It is ensured that the behaviour of case modification and collation order for ASCII characters (LC_CTYPE and LC_COLLATE) are the same as in the POSIX locale.
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failglob enabled
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+ The failglob option of Bash is set in global scope, so that unintentional pattern expansion will be caught as an error. +
+

+ + + + +Phases + +

+
New src_prepare Phase Function
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+ This phase is no longer a no-op, it supports applying patches via the PATCHES variable and applying user patches via eaply_user. The default src_prepare looks like this: + +src_prepare() { + if declare -p PATCHES | grep -q "^declare -a "; then + [[ -n ${PATCHES[@]} ]] && eapply "${PATCHES[@]}" + else + [[ -n ${PATCHES} ]] && eapply ${PATCHES} + fi + eapply_user +} + +
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+
New src_install Phase Function
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+ This phase uses the new einstalldocs function for installation of documentation. The default src_install looks like this: + +src_install() { + if [[ -f Makefile ]] || [[ -f GNUmakefile ]] || [[ -f makefile ]]; then + emake DESTDIR="${D}" install + fi + einstalldocs +} + +
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+ + + + +Helpers + +

+
einstall banned
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+ The einstall helper has been banned with EAPI=6. +
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+
nonfatal die
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+ When die or assert are called under the nonfatal command and with the -n option, they will not abort the build process but return with an error. +
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+
eapply support
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+ The eapply command is a simplified substitute for epatch (from eutils.eclass), implemented in the package manager. The patches from its file or directory arguments are applied using patch -p1. +
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+
eapply_user support
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+ The eapply_user command permits the package manager to apply user-provided patches. It must be called from every src_prepare function. +
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+
econf adds --docdir and --htmldir
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+ Options --docdir and --htmldir are passed to configure, in addition to the existing options. +
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+
in_iuse support
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+ The in_iuse function returns true if the USE flag given as its argument is available in the ebuild for USE queries. +
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+
unpack changes
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- unpack supports absolute and relative paths.
- unpack supports .txz (xz compressed tarball).
- unpack matches filename extensions case-insensitively.
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+
einstalldocs support
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+ The einstalldocs function will in-stall the files specified by the DOCS variable (or a default set of files if DOCS is unset) and by the HTML_DOCS variable. +
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+
get_libdir support
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+ The get_libdir command outputs the lib* directory basename suitable for the current ABI. +
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