Bug 490920 – Gentoo Prefix Techdocs define ED and EROOT incorrectly

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Documentation

[Description William Throwe 2013-11-10 09:42:43 UTC]

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/techdocs.xml#doc_chap2 (referenced for ED and EROOT info from the devmanual) says that

${ED} is ${D}${EPREFIX}/
${EROOT} is ${ROOT}${EPREFIX}

but PMS (which portage agrees with) says

${ED} is ${D%/}${EPREFIX}/
${EROOT} is ${ROOT%/}${EPREFIX}/


While these refer to the same directories, the distinction matters when people try to manipulate paths as strings (e.g. in bug #434956, where code is expecting ${EROOT#${ROOT}} to give ${EPREFIX}).

[Comment 1 Fabian Groffen 2013-11-11 20:59:46 UTC]

fix (and update) committed, thanks