[PATCH] skel.ebuild: Update EAPI 8 -> 9

Ulrich Müller <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Jul 2026 19:57:12 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Add a comment that packages in the upgrade path should not use an EAPI
newer than that of Portage.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <[email protected]>
---
 skel.ebuild | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/skel.ebuild b/skel.ebuild
index 03b5608d67363..9cf35bd1c23c0 100644
--- a/skel.ebuild
+++ b/skel.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 # The PMS contains specifications for all EAPIs. Eclasses will test for this
 # variable if they need to use features that are not universal in all EAPIs.
 # If an eclass doesn't support latest EAPI, use the previous EAPI instead.
-EAPI=8
+# If your package is a (direct or indirect) dependency of Portage, use the
+# same EAPI as the latest Portage version.
+EAPI=9
 
 
 # inherit lists eclasses to inherit functions from. For example, an ebuild
-- 
2.55.0