Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] selinux-policy-2.eclass: respect the sanctity of -rN for EAPI=8

On Wed Apr 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM BST, Kenton Groombridge wrote:
> On 26/04/07 08:26AM, Rahul Sandhu wrote:
>> +# @ECLASS_VARIABLE: _SELINUX_POLICY_UPSTREAM_PV
>> +# @INTERNAL
>> +# @DESCRIPTION:
>> +# Internal variable representing (spoofed) upstream refpolicy version.
>> +_SELINUX_POLICY_UPSTREAM_PV=$(ver_cut 1-2)
>> +
>
> We aren't really spoofing the upstream versioning (even though it really
> doesn't mean anything). The Gentoo policy is updated in tandem with
> refpolicy, but only when refpolicy cuts a new release do the Gentoo
> policy packages use the new version, but it is admittedly by name only.
>
> Anyways, I think we can reword this to "[...] representing upstream base
> branch" or just drop the "(spoofed)" here so future readers don't get
> the wrong idea.


Yea, fair enough. I'll reword that later today.