On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:23 AM James Le Cuirot <ch...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:33:53 +0200 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 22:16 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > Avoid calling binaries that may have been compiled against different > > > libraries or even cross-compiled for an incomatible arch. > > > > > > Instead, always call the binaries installed in BROOT (/), if > > > available. > > > > Except BROOT doesn't have to be / (that's why we made it into > > a variable)! Also, wouldn't it be sufficient to use PATH lookup here > > and let the PM handle providing the correct root? > > To be clearer, EPREFIX refers to the target host, not the build host. > The build host may have a different prefix and that is the point of > BROOT. But as mgorny says, you should just rely on the PATH. We > primarily added BROOT for cases where using the PATH wasn't viable. >
My mistake, I shouldn't have used the word "BROOT" to describe the root directory. Agreed, a PATH lookup should work here.
