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On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:06:23 -0700 |
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walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> A recent buglet in the wget package made me aware that openssl |
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> competes with gnutls in certain ways. Even nss and libssh2 may be |
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> competing in the same space, if maybe to a smaller extent. |
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> Anyone here really understand the tradeoffs involved in the use of |
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> these useflags, and why I might want to choose one over the other? |
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> Actually ATM I have all four of those useflags enabled and I really |
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> don't understand the potential consequences of my choices, which |
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> makes me worry just a bit. |
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It all comes down to the relative quality of the packages involved, |
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there's no straight answer. Oftentimes one package has modern features |
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you need and want but is less stable|more buggy than the old package. |
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It's damn annoying because there's no firm recommendations, you had to |
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dig deep into the code to answer the question "what's best for ME?" |
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At least the ebuilds usually pick one out of the two if both USE flags |
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are defined and usually tell you in an elog. |
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Apologies for the reply which is a no-answer, it's the best I can do :-) |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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