Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up; bash now uses "readline" USE flag
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:45:49
Message-Id: 20120909034245.GA3641@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up; bash now uses "readline" USE flag by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 09:07:02AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
2
3 > Isn't readline enabled by default on all reasonable profiles? Do
4 > you have USE="-* in make.conf? If so, it's just bitten you.
5
6 Yup. I did that to avoid further surprises after the developers "in
7 their infinite wisdom" had IPV6 "enabled by default on all reasonable
8 profiles". Watching Firefox and mplayer spinning their wheels for 45
9 seconds at a time till IPV6 lookups timed out was not fun.
10
11 --
12 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
13 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up; bash now uses "readline" USE flag Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up; bash now uses "readline" USE flag Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>