mail-client/thunderbird is the only package using makeedit.eclass. The inherit has only indirectly any effect at all, since MAKEEDIT_FLAGS is used in mozcoreconf-v*.eclass. From what I can see, this suppresses all warnings when building thunderbird. I'm not sure this is really desirable. Please consider removing the inherit from mail-client/thunderbird and the relevant line from mozcoreconf-v*.eclass.
Makeedit [1] is indeed used only by thunderbird [2]. [1] https://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/makeedit.eclass/index.html [2] https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/eclass-usage/makeedit.txt
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=52094faae767bdc3c0d9a6fa33bd70b663b3906e commit 52094faae767bdc3c0d9a6fa33bd70b663b3906e Author: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-01-31 14:55:52 +0000 Commit: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-01-31 15:23:53 +0000 mozcoreconf-*.eclass: remove " append-flags $MAKEEDIT_FLAGS " We do not inherit makeedit in this eclass and so the only ebuilds that had anything to append were thunderbird ones. Removing for simplicity rather than inheriting makeedit.eclass to make the append work. Bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/646206 eclass/mozcoreconf-v4.eclass | 3 --- eclass/mozcoreconf-v5.eclass | 3 --- 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8d516da64b5cab2e583c752798b95b9c2dbdcd93 commit 8d516da64b5cab2e583c752798b95b9c2dbdcd93 Author: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-01-31 14:51:25 +0000 Commit: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-01-31 15:23:47 +0000 mail-client/thunderbird: remove makeedit.eclass from inherit Bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/646206 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.13, Repoman-2.3.3 mail-client/thunderbird/thunderbird-45.8.0.ebuild | 4 ++-- mail-client/thunderbird/thunderbird-52.5.0.ebuild | 4 ++-- mail-client/thunderbird/thunderbird-52.5.2.ebuild | 2 +- mail-client/thunderbird/thunderbird-52.6.0.ebuild | 2 +- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)}
I see no reason to try and keep this, especially since its been quite some time since it's done nothing on firefox. Removing as per commits above.
