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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> posted |
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200705120647.39160.vapier@g.o, excerpted below, on Sat, 12 May |
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2007 06:47:38 -0400: |
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> On Friday 11 May 2007, Roy Marples wrote: |
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>> livecd |
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>> (only a livecd is volative, even embedded devices have non volative |
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>> storage) |
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> i would use that myself ... perhaps even tie in USE=netboot ... |
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Except that livecd is entirely unsuitable. The description says it's for |
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internal use only, not to be set on a standard installation, while Roy's |
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post specifically stated that those merging the package for use on IPv6 |
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will probably want the functionality on. |
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(I OTOH, would want it off, for the same reason I'm running the |
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macchanger module, have cookies off by default, and block the likes of |
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doubleclick. I like my IP address actually changing once in awhile, |
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certainly more frequently than my ISP tends to change it given the same |
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MAC address every time. My ISP may be able to associate my IP with my |
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name and account based on the records for the cable modem registered in |
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my name, but that doesn't mean I want every doubleclick and google.com |
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doing it, at least not without going to a bit of trouble. Thus, using a |
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non-transparent flag such as livecd and defaulting it to on, or simply |
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hard-deping it, isn't a particularly nice option either.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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