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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Should mirror restriction imply bindist restriction?
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:57:19
Message-Id: 20130426185621.68dbd58a@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Should mirror restriction imply bindist restriction? by "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina"
1 On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:21:17 -0400
2 "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > I agree with you entirely, but there is one major bit of information
5 > missing... What exactly does RESTRICT=bindist do? AFAICT it does
6 > exactly nothing. If we are going to address merging the two
7 > restriction (which I'm all for) then we might want to have it
8 > documented how it all works.
9
10 # quickpkg x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
11 * x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.88: package has RESTRICT=bindist!
12 * x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.88: it might not be legal to
13 redistribute this.
14 * Building package for
15 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.88 ... [ ok ]
16
17 It issues a severe warning against distributing the built package.
18
19 use.desc:bindist - Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt
20 (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)
21
22 *cough* bug #460460 *cough*
23
24
25 jer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Should mirror restriction imply bindist restriction? "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>