Bug 489716 – dev-python/python-exec-2.0-r2 ebuild tampers with the VDB

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ulrich Müller 2013-10-29 08:22:26 UTC]

From the ebuild:

    local f files=()
    for f in "${EROOT%/}"/var/db/pkg/*/*/*DEPEND; do
        if grep -q 'dev-python/python-exec\[' "${f}"; then
            files+=( "${f}" )
        fi
    done

    if [[ ${files[@]} ]]; then
        ebegin "Fixing unslotted python-exec dependencies in installed packages"
        sed -i -e 's,dev-python/python-exec\[,dev-python/python-exec:0[,g' \
            "${files[@]}"
        eend ${?}

        # touch packages, categories and vardb. suggested by Arfrever.
        touch "${files[@]%/*}" "${files[@]%/*/*}" "${EROOT%/}"/var/db/pkg
    fi

Accessing the VDB from an ebuild is explicitly forbidden by PMS.

[Comment 1 Ulrich Müller 2013-10-29 08:46:17 UTC]

And apparently, this "fix" doesn't even work. See bug 489440.

[Comment 2 Michał Górny 2013-10-30 19:25:07 UTC]

dev-lang/python-exec no longer uses this hack.