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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:07:45
Message-Id: 20131216130732.10b9e205@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2 by "Francesco R."
1 On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:13:28 +0100
2 "Francesco R." <vivo75@×××××.com> wrote:
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4 > another possible case are packages that do run-time checking of usable
5 > instruction set.
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7 www-plugins/adobe-flash[1]
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9 > The use flag could restrict the code to be compiled and installed from
10 > the ebuild.
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12 Yes, and in that extreme case, it installs nothing at all. :)
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14 jer
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17 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410547