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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:52:43 +0300 |
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v_2e@×××.net wrote: |
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> Hello! |
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> Could somebody please explain me the role of "profile' USE-flag for |
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> a regular user's PC? |
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> "profile : Adds support for software performance analysis (will |
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> likely vary from ebuild to ebuild)" |
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It's a generic catch-all USE flag and it has nothing to do with gentoo |
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profiles at all. |
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Because it's so generic, each ebuild will use it differently. Each |
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package will have it's own idea on how to enable profiling, and each |
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package will be different. You have to know how eacjh package does |
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profiling for this flag to be any use at all |
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> * Is if of any use in such case at all? |
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Are you running the software through a performance profiler? |
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If not, then you don't need the flag enabled. |
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> * If it is, what does it provide for a regular user? |
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Run "equery hasuse profile" on your host and read each ebuild listed. |
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For regular users, the flag ius highly unlikely to be of any use at all |
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> * Is it safe to turn it off? |
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Yes |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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