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Hello |
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:01:07PM -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> According to this: |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182554 |
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> skype is p.masked on hardened profiles waiting for gcc-4*. I really |
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> need skype working and I wonder if I should unmask gcc-4*, emerge it, |
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> and try to emerge skype. Would I need to follow the Gentoo GCC |
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> Upgrade guide to do this if I only want skype compiled with gcc-4*? |
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> Would I just be creating a mess doing this? |
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I guess it makes no sense for skype to need the GCC, since you do not |
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(can not) compile skype, it is close-sourced. You could download skype |
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from the pages and just unpack it and hope it will work. |
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BTW: IMO skype should not be allowed near a computer that needs to be |
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"hardened" -- personally, I do not trust it a bit (and I know a little |
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about the quality how it is written, and it talks by network). |
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-- |
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I left the ssh key under the doormat |
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Michal 'vorner' Vaner |
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