Bug 382325

Summary:	perl-module.eclass needlessly exports src_unpack() in EAPI>=2
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team <perl>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jokey
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	LATER
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	Waiting for EAPI=6
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	382323, 531902

Description Michał Górny archtester

2011-09-08 22:17:04 UTC

perl-module exports src_unpack() which actually introduces anything only in EAPI<2. Thus, exporting that function in EAPI>=2 only confuses developers, especially if the module is inherited indirectly (i.e. through perl-app) along with actual module exporting src_unpack() (like a VCS eclass).

Considering that removing the export in EAPIs 2..4 could break compat, I suggest removing the export in EAPI 5.

The one particular ebuild which was broken by that is mail-mta/qpsmtpd-9999; though I'm not sure when did the breakage occur.

Comment 1 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2015-12-19 22:07:32 UTC

This is fixed from EAPI=6 on.