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Brian Hall posted <20050731085600.65fc8657.brihall@××××××.net>, excerpted |
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below, on Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:56:00 -0600: |
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> Perhaps a USE flag could be created to enable the glibc patches, then a |
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> emerge --newuse could recompile glibc and the problem apps (or |
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> everything); maybe a mini-howto document would also be helpful. |
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> I would certainly like an easy way to enable any "free" performance |
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> boost I can get! |
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Something like USE=dangerous-amd64-hack? <g> |
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(Seriously, there at least used to be a local use flag |
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USE=frickin-big-security-hole, or some such, on some app I can't remember |
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at the moment. Turns out a teacher was using that app in his class as a |
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an example or something, so the dev left the ability to create it there, |
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but with a USE flag nobody in their right mind would normally enable. I |
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wish I could remember what it was, but grepping use.local.desc for |
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anything that might be related doesn't seem to bring it up. Perhaps the |
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app, or anyway the USE flag, has now been removed from portage?) |
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The use.local.desc description could point to the bug, which is IIRC what |
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the one above did, for those wanting more information about just why such |
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a USE flag exists, and just why someone might be persuaded to enable it. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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