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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml index 97e5995..06c92bf 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml @@ -767,14 +767,11 @@ expecting a tarball named <c>Foo-1.2-3b.tar.bz2</c>. Rather than hard coding the it is preferable to make <c>MY_PN</c>, <c>MY_PV</c> and <c>MY_P</c> variables and use those to define the upstream naming. EAPI=7 debuted a new set of functions, ver_cut, ver_rs and ver_test. -These were backported into older EAPIs with the <c>eapi7-ver</c> eclass. The easy way of redefining the version, which should be used unless you are sure you know what you are doing, is to use these functions: </p> <codesample lang="ebuild"> -inherit eapi7-ver - MY_PN="Foo" # Replace the second period separator in PV with - MY_PV=$(ver_rs 2 '-') @@ -787,24 +784,21 @@ switches to a format like <c>Foo-1.3-4.5.tar.bz2</c> (yes, this really happens). </p> <p> -It is also possible to use bash substitution to achieve the same effect (this is -how eapi7-ver works internally), but this is complicated, error prone and hard -to read. +It is also possible to use bash substitution to achieve the same effect, but +this is complicated, error-prone and hard to read. </p> <p> Some ebuilds use calls to <c>sed</c>, <c>awk</c> and / or <c>cut</c> to do this. This must <e>not</e> be done for any new code and should be fixed to use -built-in version manipulation commands (for EAPI 7 or later), Bash substitution, -or in older EAPIs before 7, <c>eapi7-ver</c>. Global scope non-Bash code is -<e>strongly</e> discouraged. +the built-in version manipulation commands or Bash substitution. Global scope +non-Bash code is <e>strongly</e> discouraged. </p> <p> -The ver_ functions are used extract particular components -from a version string. See <c>man eapi7-ver.eclass</c> and the eclass source code -for further documentation and examples. A brief summary of the functions -follows. +The <c>ver_</c> functions are used extract particular components from a version +string. See <uri link="::function-reference/version-functions/"/> for further +documentation and examples. A brief summary of the functions follows. </p> <table> |