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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:50:43
Message-Id: 20190916074941.GA7461@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68 by Ian Zimmerman
1 On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 02:35:05PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote
2 > On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >
4 > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote
5 > >
6 > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be reverted soon? I do not
7 > > > enjoy the thought of rebuilding firefox twice in a row.
8 > >
9 > > The USE flags seem to have been around for a while. I haven't updated
10 > > my desktop for a few weeks (I'll do it tomorrow). "emerge -pv firefox"
11 > > gives firefox-60.8.0 with...
12 > >
13 > > [ebuild N ] www-client/firefox-60.8.0::gentoo USE="gmp-autoupdate
14 > > screenshot -bindist -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -dbus
15 > > -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack (-neon)
16 > > -pulseaudio (-selinux) -startup-notification -system-harfbuzz
17 > > -system-icu -system-jpeg -system-libevent -system-libvpx
18 > > -system-sqlite -test -wifi"
19 >
20 > But this is what I mean. The _defaults_ for these flags have changed,
21 > so now (with version 68) the default is to build with the system libs.
22 > You'll see that too after you update.
23
24 You're right. I updated, and "emerge -pv firefox" gives
25
26 > [ebuild N ] www-client/firefox-68.1.0::gentoo USE="gmp-autoupdate
27 > screenshot system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg
28 > system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite system-webp -bindist
29 > -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -dbus -debug -eme-free
30 > -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack -lto (-neon) -pgo -pulseaudio
31 > (-selinux) -startup-notification -test -wayland -wifi"
32
33 It'll be interesting to see if any stability issues come up. I run
34 homebrew builds of Pale Moon, so I won't be affected.
35
36 --
37 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
38 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68 james <garftd@×××××××.net>