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Diffstat (limited to 'eclass/autotools.eclass')
| -rw-r--r-- | eclass/autotools.eclass | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/eclass/autotools.eclass b/eclass/autotools.eclass index 976644288583..3c55a5c464af 100644 --- a/eclass/autotools.eclass +++ b/eclass/autotools.eclass @@ -46,16 +46,20 @@ inherit libtool # @INTERNAL # @DESCRIPTION: # CONSTANT! -# The latest major version/slot of automake available on each arch. #312315 -# We should list both the latest stable, and the latest unstable. #465732 -# This way the stable builds will still work, but the unstable are allowed -# to build & test things for us ahead of time (if they have it installed). +# The latest major unstable and stable version/slot of automake available +# on each arch. +# List latest unstable version first to boost testing adoption rate because +# most package manager dependency resolver will pick the first suitable +# version. # If a newer slot is stable on any arch, and is NOT reflected in this list, # then circular dependencies may arise during emerge @system bootstraps. +# +# See bug 312315 and 465732 for further information and context. +# # Do NOT change this variable in your ebuilds! # If you want to force a newer minor version, you can specify the correct # WANT value by using a colon: <PV>:<WANT_AUTOMAKE> -_LATEST_AUTOMAKE=( 1.15.1:1.15 1.16:1.16 ) +_LATEST_AUTOMAKE=( 1.16:1.16 1.15.1:1.15 ) _automake_atom="sys-devel/automake" _autoconf_atom="sys-devel/autoconf" @@ -439,8 +443,9 @@ autotools_env_setup() { local pv for pv in ${_LATEST_AUTOMAKE[@]/#*:} ; do # has_version respects ROOT, but in this case, we don't want it to, - # thus "ROOT=/" prefix: - ROOT=/ has_version "=sys-devel/automake-${pv}*" && export WANT_AUTOMAKE="${pv}" + # thus "ROOT=/" prefix; + # Break on first hit to respect _LATEST_AUTOMAKE order. + ROOT=/ has_version "=sys-devel/automake-${pv}*" && export WANT_AUTOMAKE="${pv}" && break done [[ ${WANT_AUTOMAKE} == "latest" ]] && \ die "Cannot find the latest automake! Tried ${_LATEST_AUTOMAKE[*]}" |