Please, test if ECVS_SERVER is already set: [ -z "$ECVS_SERVER" ] && ECVS_SERVER="[] # egrep -r --include="*.ebuild" "ECVS_SERVER" . malverian: ./dev-games/cel-cvs/cel-cvs-0.97.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.cel.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/cel" ./dev-games/crystalspace-cvs/crystalspace-cvs-0.97.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/crystal" mr_bones_: ./games-emulation/dosbox-cvs/dosbox-cvs-20030809.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dosbox" vapier: ./games-fps/duke3d/duke3d-20030817-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="icculus.org:/cvs/cvsroot" emacs: ./app-editors/emacs-cvs/emacs-cvs-21.3.50.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs" ruby: ./dev-lang/ruby-cvs/ruby-cvs-1.8.1-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.ruby-lang.org:/src" ./dev-lang/ruby-cvs/ruby-cvs-1.8.1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.ruby-lang.org:/src" ./dev-lang/ruby-cvs/ruby-cvs-1.9.0.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.ruby-lang.org:/src" ./dev-lang/ruby-cvs/ruby-cvs-1.9.0-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.ruby-lang.org:/src" base-system: ./sys-libs/ldetect/ldetect-0.4.7.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.mandrakesoft.com:/cooker" ./sys-libs/ldetect-lst/ldetect-lst-0.1.4.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.mandrakesoft.com:/cooker" python: ./dev-python/twisted-cvs/twisted-cvs-20031103.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.twistedmatrix.com:/cvs" common-lisp: ./dev-lisp/ecls-cvs/ecls-cvs-1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ecls" usata: ./app-emacs/wanderlust-cvs/wanderlust-cvs-2.11.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root" emacs: ./app-emacs/slime-cvs/slime-cvs-0.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="common-lisp.net:/project/slime/cvsroot" ./app-emacs/slime-cvs/slime-cvs-0-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="common-lisp.net:/project/slime/cvsroot" ./app-emacs/erc-cvs/erc-cvs-4.1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.erc.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/erc" ./app-emacs/gnus-cvs/gnus-cvs-5.11.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot" ./app-emacs/ilisp-cvs/ilisp-cvs-5.12.0.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs-pserver.sourceforge.net:80/cvsroot/ilisp" net-irc: ./net-irc/irssi-cvs/irssi-cvs-0.2.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.irssi.org:/home/cvs" pYrania: ./net-misc/netcomics-cvs/netcomics-cvs-0.14.1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/netcomics" tantive: ./sys-cluster/gomd-cvs/gomd-cvs-0.2_beta1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="savannah.nongnu.org:/cvsroot/gomd" net-p2p: ./net-p2p/giftui-cvs/giftui-cvs-0.0.1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.tuxfamily.org:/cvsroot/giftui" vapier: ./x11-wm/enlightenment/enlightenment-0.16.9999.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/enlightenment" coredumb: ./dev-php/php-cvs/php-cvs-5.0.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.php.net:/repository" ./dev-php/php-cvs/php-cvs-5.0-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.php.net:/repository" ./dev-php/php-cvs/php-cvs-5.0-r2.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.php.net:/repository" ?: ./fresco-base/fresco-cvs/fresco-cvs-20021020.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.fresco.org:/cvs/fresco" ./fresco-base/fresco-cvs/fresco-cvs-20030127.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.fresco.org:/cvs/fresco" ./fresco-base/fresco-cvs/fresco-cvs-20030220.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="cvs.fresco.org:/cvs/fresco" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
i really dont know what you're asking for or wtf you're trying to show, but i'm pretty sure this is invalid root@vapier 0 DirectFB-0.9.20 # grep ECVS_SERVER /usr/portage/eclass/cvs.eclass | head -n 1 [ -z "$ECVS_SERVER" ] && ECVS_SERVER="offline"
i am asking for this change, because this change makes it possible to emerge an ebuild (which uses the cvs.eclass) without connecting the specified cvs server. And i think gentoo wants to give the user the choice to do this. So my wish seems valid to me. I reopened this bug. My Wish: If *i* set ECVS_SERVER to offline (or whatever), the ebuild wants to respect it! Your quoted part of the eclass doesn't help, because it fails in all cases where ECVS_SERVER is set in the ebuild (example: games-fps/duke3d/duke3d-20030817-r1.ebuild:ECVS_SERVER="icculus.org:/cvs/cvsroot") ECVS_SERVER is set, so it will never be "offline"! This check in cvs.eclass is useful if your source is (for example) from a tarball, so you don't need to define EVS_SERVER in the ebuild.
what you want to do is not an option coredumb: perhaps add another variable, say 'ECVS_OFFLINE' ? that way the user can `export ECVS_OFFLINE=1` and then in src_unpack() abuse it ?
i added to my ecvs.eclass: # ECVS_SERVER -- CVS path (<--- NAME or SERVER?) [....] [ -z "$ECVS_SERVER" ] && ECVS_SERVER="offline" + + # userdefined: set ECVS_OFFLINE=1 to run in offline mode + #(i.e sources must be available in ECVS_TOP_DIR). + [ -n "$ECVS_OFFLINE" ] && [ "$ECVS_OFFLINE" != "0" ] && ECVS_SERVER="offline" Comments? Can this test be written easier? Is it necessary to test if ECVS_OFFLINE not null?
Is there any chance to see this (IMO) helpful variable? Or any other way (beneath editing the ebuild) to emerge a cvs package while being offline?
ECVS_CVS_COMMAND="true" emerge ... works around the prob in most cases
