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* Kevin F. Quinn <kevquinn@g.o> schrieb: |
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> Where a package does run-time detection, there's no need for any |
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> conditional compilation as they build for everything anyway, so such |
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> packages wouldn't use mmx/sse/sse2 etc USE flags anyway. |
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Well, there are still valid reasons: if you *know* you'll run the |
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binary only on non-mmx systems, you'd probably get rid of it to |
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make the binary smaller and reduce possible points of errors. |
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I'd consider the runtime-detection just as an extra failsafe check. |
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<snip> |
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> There are relatively few packages affected (<1%), so I think it's worth |
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> a try. In the end it may be that a few packages need to deal with |
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> stuff manually like with the current USE flags, but they'd be local USE |
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> flags at that point. |
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ACK. Nobody forbids some packages having their own local useflags, |
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if really necessary. |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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