[pacman-dev] Comments with `)' are either broken or disallowed

[lolilolicon]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 01:18:33PM +0800, lolilolicon wrote:
>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 01:06:20PM +0800, lolilolicon wrote:
>> >>
>> >> These are in the check_sanity function, by the time which is run we
>> >> already source'd the BUILDFILE, correct? Why don't we use the existing
>> >> variable arrays then?
>> >>
>> >
>> > You're forgetting about package-level overrides, which aren't available
>> > in the environment.
>>
>> Alright, we're cursed, aren't we? Gone are dreams of grace and order,
>> now we must indulge in patch and scratch.
>
> Well, I'd like to think there's a slightly better tomorrow out there,
> but I'm largely biased:
>
> https://github.com/falconindy/pkgbuild-introspection

Oh nice! Your extract_*_var functions are exactly what we need here in
this particular case.
OK now, since the wheel is already invented, hope we get it rolling soon!

>
> Not yet mature enough for makepkg, IMO, but it'll be powering AUR 3.0's
> enhanced metadata.

Since you're on it (the right track) and I trust your judgement, I'm
hopeful for a better tomorrow :)