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| From: | Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: eix USE=security | ||
| Date: | Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:36:49 | ||
| Message-Id: | jcj8v9$bv5$1@dough.gmane.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] eix USE=security by Florian Philipp |
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| 1 | On 12/17/2011 01:15 PM, Florian Philipp wrote: |
| 2 | > Hi list! |
| 3 | > |
| 4 | > I just noticed the USE flag "security" in stable app-portage/eix. The |
| 5 | > description is hardly helpful: It fixes exploits but is not enabled by |
| 6 | > default. Why? What are the drawbacks? I couldn't find anything in a |
| 7 | > quick online search. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | eix is known for having some rather ridiculous USE flags (optimization, |
| 10 | strong-optimization). "security" is another one you can simply ignore. |