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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] News Item: OpenAFS no longer needs kernel option DEBUG_RODATA
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:12:38
Message-Id: 578FCD01.5020506@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] News Item: OpenAFS no longer needs kernel option DEBUG_RODATA by NP-Hardass
1 On 07/20/2016 01:13 PM, NP-Hardass wrote:
2 > Display-If-Installed: <=net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2
3 >
4 > ...
5 >
6 > Starting with net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2, this condition is no longer
7 > forced in the ebuild.
8
9 Might not that version bound might backfire if someone upgrades before
10 reading the news? People who pull from git often don't necessarily get
11 the news in a timely fashion.
12
13 Would it be simpler to ewarn in the ebuilds (for e.g. a year) if
14 DEBUG_RODATA=n?

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