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| author |   Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@gentoo.org> | 2017-04-27 19:07:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@gentoo.org> | 2017-05-06 18:46:40 -0400 |
| commit | e2d15f91cfb5fc3d7773ee70dc8675b78e6500ca (patch) | |
| tree | 795b31ce6f5bf8a00bde3f4667bcac429c010e89 | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata: repoman does not depend on libxml2 anymore (diff) | |
| download | devmanual-e2d15f91.tar.gz devmanual-e2d15f91.tar.bz2 devmanual-e2d15f91.zip | |
ebuild-writing/error-handling: improve ebuild and eclass failure behavior
Instead of explaining the EAPI<=4 die behavior initially, explain the
default behavior for the later EAPIs first. Remove the
portage-specific bits from the paragraph.
Reported-By: Benda Xu <heroxbd@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml index 40b8b5b..da9e88d 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml @@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ function can die in multiple places. </p> <p> -Some portage-provided functions will automatically die upon failure. Others will -not. It is for example safe to omit the <c>|| die</c> after a call to <c>epatch</c>, -but not <c>emake</c>. The reason is that external binaries are not able to call -die that is a bash function. You can see what commands are external binaries -with <c>ls /usr/lib*/portage/bin/ebuild-helpers</c>. In <uri link="::ebuild-writing/eapi/#eapi=4">EAPI>=4</uri> all ebuild-helpers automatically die upon failure. +Ebuild helpers from EAPI 4 and onwards automatically die on +failure. Some eclass-provided functions will automatically die upon +failure, others will not. Developers should check the +<uri link="::eclass-reference/">eclass reference</uri> when in doubt. </p> <p> |