On 03/06/17 00:39, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Sam Jorna <wra...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On 02/06/17 23:09, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> The stage3 make.conf shouldn't include this. Now, if you copied your >>> make.conf from some other source like a LiveCD then that could explain >>> where it came from. The flag was actually invented mainly for things >>> like LiveCDs, and these are all built using USE=bindist (we couldn't >>> legally distribute them otherwise). >> >> The stage3 make.conf does include USE=bindist by default, as it includes >> packages affected by this flag (specifically openssh and openssl). It's >> required, as I understand, because the stage3 does distribute binaries >> of these packages, thus must have the patent-encumbered parts disabled. >> > > Interesting. It looks like we do set that in make.conf by default now > - that might be a change from the last time I did an install as I > didn't have to remove this in the past.
Indeed. I'm not sure when it changed, though it's been this way for a while. How long that is as compared to your last build... :) > There is no legal requirement to set bindist in the make.conf > installed by the stage3. > > There absolutely is a legal requirement to set bindist in the > make.conf used to BUILD the stage3. The two do not need to be the > same. This is a good point - it's a reasonably common question in #gentoo (or, more commonly, the conflict it can generate). I think it finds its way into the stage3's make.conf because it's essentially just the make.conf used by catalyst, and there's no other significant pressure to change it since it's bare-bones already, but it might be useful to get it changed. -- Sam Jorna (wraeth) <wra...@gentoo.org> GnuPG Key: D6180C26
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