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Diffstat (limited to 'pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py index bda1dc078..94f8c79a3 100644 --- a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py +++ b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/_spawn_nofetch.py @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ def spawn_nofetch(portdb, ebuild_path, settings=None): to cache metadata. It will be cloned internally, in order to prevent any changes from interfering with the calling code. If settings is None then a suitable config instance will be - acquired from the given portdbapi instance. + acquired from the given portdbapi instance. Do not use the + settings parameter unless setcpv has been called on the given + instance, since otherwise it's possible to trigger issues like + bug #408817 due to fragile assumptions involving the config + state inside doebuild_environment(). A private PORTAGE_BUILDDIR will be created and cleaned up, in order to avoid any interference with any other processes. |