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Bug 629764

Summary: dev-lang/gnat-gpl: uses forbidden PORTDIR variable
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Tupone Alfredo <tupone>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: major CC: esigra, qa
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
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Bug Blocks: 373349    

Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-09-03 14:16:59 UTC
dev-lang/gnat-gpl/gnat-gpl-2016.ebuild:GCC_FILESDIR=${PORTDIR}/sys-devel/gcc/files
dev-lang/gnat-gpl/gnat-gpl-2017.ebuild:GCC_FILESDIR=${PORTDIR}/sys-devel/gcc/files


Using PORTDIR is invalid since it relies on a particular layout of the repository, and on the presence of other packages. Please stop doing such horrible hacks, and please fix this ASAP since we've spent significant effort in eradicating it across the repository.
Comment 1 Tupone Alfredo gentoo-dev 2017-09-04 10:11:20 UTC
gcc patches copied in FILESDIR.