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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo?
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:39:19
Message-Id: 4D7D3955.7080006@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo? by Mike Frysinger
1 On 03/13/2011 04:19 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Saturday, March 12, 2011 07:36:35 Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote:
3 >> I wonder why pax-utils.eclass uses elog instead of just einfo. An
4 >> example message looks like this:
5 >>
6 >> * Fallback PaX marking -m
7 >> * out/Release/chrome
8 >>
9 >> IMHO it's not very useful in the elog messages, but maybe there are
10 >> scenarios in which it is useful.
11 >>
12 >> My idea is to just replace all elogs with einfos in pax-utils.eclass.
13 >> What do you think?
14 > i think it depends on the person. for people who dont use grsec/PaX, they
15 > probably could care less and never see this output. for people who do, they
16 > probably do want to see this.
17 >
18 > maybe have it `elog` only when [[ $(uname -r) == *-grsec* ]]
19 > -mike
20
21 blueness@yellowness ~ $ uname -r
22 2.6.37-hardened-r5
23
24 so you need == *-hardened-*
25
26 --
27 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
28 Gentoo Developer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo? Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo? "Kevin F. Quinn" <ml@××××××××.com>