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From: Jeffrey Forman <jforman@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] turning off a default compile option
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:42:47
Message-Id: 1089034964.6112.16.camel@buckhead.formanonline.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] turning off a default compile option by Jeffrey Forman
1 Thanks to Rob for my alerting me to my screw up.
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3 linux compatability should be linux capabilities.
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5 -jeff
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7 On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 08:36, Jeffrey Forman wrote:
8 > I was talking to g2boojum and he suggested I ask on here. I was going
9 > through my bind bugs recently and came upon
10 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51577
11 >
12 > The user would like a way to disable linux compatability if your kernel
13 > does not support it by using the 'caps' use flag. Maybe I dont fully
14 > understand 'linux compatability' but if we're all running Gentoo, arent
15 > we all running linux in the first place?
16 >
17 > My problem surfaces: Bind enables 'linux compatability' by default.
18 > Gentoo does have a linux compability flag (caps), but this is only to
19 > ENABLE linux compatability, not to disable it. I attempted to use the
20 > bugger's suggestion, but repoman got pissed on a full scan. Grant
21 > mentioned maybe making 'caps' part of the default use flag.
22 >
23 > Basically I'd like a way of using a "reverse" use flag, -caps, and if
24 > -caps is set, disable linux compat; if the flag is not set, do not add
25 > any --config-option at all.
26 >
27 > I'm up for any suggestions.
28 >
29 > -Jeffrey
30 >
31 >
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33 > Jeffrey Forman
34 > Gentoo Infra/Releng
35 > Bind Maintainer
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