>>>>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Maciej Grela wrote: > I've read the PMS and I haven't found information whether this variable > is supposed to be set during pkg_prepare or not.
There is no such stage. You mean pkg_pretend, I suppose? > Therefore I ask, what is the proper behaviour here ? Is there > documentation on what special env variables are supposed to be > defined in each stage ? It's specified here: <http://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/pms/4/pms.html#x1-11900012.1> | Variable Legal in Consistent? Description | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | T All Partially⁴ The full path to a temporary | directory for use by the ebuild. | | ⁴Consistent and preserved across a single connected sequence of | install or uninstall phases, but not between install and uninstall. | When reinstalling a package, this variable must have different | values for the install and the replacement. > Can this be considered as a bug in paludis ? The spec seems to be clear that T is legal in all phases, including pkg_pretend. Ulrich
