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Bug 258119

Summary: sys-apps/pcfclock abusing ${ROOT}
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) <bangert>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Stefan Briesenick (RETIRED) <sbriesen>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: QA    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
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Bug Blocks: 258096    

Description Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-02-08 13:13:57 UTC
Some notes on ROOT:

* The idea behind ROOT is that one can build a system with ROOT=/somewhere and
then chroot into it or tar up /somewhere as a system image. It is not designed
to allow the user to run /somewhere/usr/bin/foo.

* ROOT can't be used correctly in src_*, since ROOT might be different when
merging a binary package. For example, a binary package might be built with
ROOT=/ and then installed onto a system using ROOT=/somewhere.

* ROOT isn't used for library dependencies. When building, libraries, headers
etc. on / have to be used. Cross-compiling etc is done by configuring the
toolchain correctly, not by hacking ebuilds in a way that breaks binary
packages.

See also the discussion on bug #167285 for more info.
Comment 1 Stefan Briesenick (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-07-20 22:17:14 UTC
fixed in -r6.