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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." <phajdan.jr@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo?
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:20:57
Message-Id: 201103131619.57816.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo? by "Paweł Hajdan
1 On Saturday, March 12, 2011 07:36:35 Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote:
2 > I wonder why pax-utils.eclass uses elog instead of just einfo. An
3 > example message looks like this:
4 >
5 > * Fallback PaX marking -m
6 > * out/Release/chrome
7 >
8 > IMHO it's not very useful in the elog messages, but maybe there are
9 > scenarios in which it is useful.
10 >
11 > My idea is to just replace all elogs with einfos in pax-utils.eclass.
12 > What do you think?
13
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

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Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo? "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>