416741 – eutils.eclass uses deprecated $PORTDIR variable

Bug 416741 - eutils.eclass uses deprecated $PORTDIR variable

Summary: eutils.eclass uses deprecated $PORTDIR variable

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Eclasses (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal QA (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Blocks:	373349
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Reported:	2012-05-20 14:17 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2012-05-20 15:54 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester

2012-05-20 14:17:38 UTC

Considering that $PORTDIR may be removed in a future EAPI, please consider removing its use from the punt_cxx() function.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2012-05-20 15:04:03 UTC

nothing exists to replace it

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-05-20 15:29:27 UTC

i'm using PORTDIR="/path/to/gentoo-x86" in make.conf, is that deprecated then too? how would I set the path with non-deprecated way?

Comment 3 Michał Górny archtester

2012-05-20 15:47:00 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> i'm using PORTDIR="/path/to/gentoo-x86" in make.conf, is that deprecated
> then too? how would I set the path with non-deprecated way?

make.conf is portage-specific.

Comment 4 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-05-20 15:54:52 UTC

ah, no worries then (since it's the official PM)