Re: [gentoo-user] problem with firefox/libvpx

[John Covici]

On Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:26:19 -0500,
Nils Freydank wrote:
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> Am Samstag, 8. Februar 2020, 05:26:20 CET schrieb John Covici:
> > Hi.  Well, I have run into a problem on the world update I am about to
> > do?  Firefox requires libvpx-1.7.0  and handbrake wants 8.x.  Now
> > there is a use flag systemlibvpx which is enabled, I am assuming if I
> > disable that the great God of portage will let me continue with my
> > update -- any reason why I should not do this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Hi, indeed. If you disable USE="system-libvpx" (i.e. don't set it activly
> or set USE="-system-libvpx" portage will tell firefox to use the bundled
> version. Bundling software is generally spoken a really bad habit, and
> within the firefox package you can see several USE="-system-something"
> flags, that are just a try to unbundle things on user's choice.
>
> Hope that helps a bit,
> Nils
OK, I will try it, I agree its better to use the system libraries, but
I don't get to choose, if I want both pieces of software -- not sure
why handbrake needs one version and firefox the other version.

Thanks.

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