Re: [gentoo-user] OT: what audio file format / container to play on Android.

2016-07-06 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 06 Jul 2016 16:07:17 Stroller wrote: > > On 5 Jul 2016, at 16:54, wabe wrote: > > > > If you wanna put the audio data into another container without recoding > > it, you can use for example something like that: > > > > ffmpeg -i filename.mp4 -acodec copy

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 05:25:01PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote > > Well, you could always suggest that in the bug report... Done; see comment 2 in the bug. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Xcdroast users : alert

2016-07-06 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > PS I am not receiving e-alerts re comments added to the bug : > can anyone explain why that mb happening & advise me how to get them ? You need to add yourself to the CC list field to receive updates via email. This does

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/06/2016 01:10 PM, Franz Fellner wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:06:20 +, James wrote: >> Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: >> >> >>> I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be >>>

[gentoo-user] Re: Xcdroast users : alert

2016-07-06 Thread James
Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: > If anyone else uses Xcdroast to write CDs or DVDs, > I suggest they read Bug 345337 & submit appropriate comments. Tree-cleaners have been very active. If they prose to removed something you like, you have options, like volunteering to proxy-maintain the

[gentoo-user] Xcdroast users : alert

2016-07-06 Thread Philip Webb
If anyone else uses Xcdroast to write CDs or DVDs, I suggest they read Bug 345337 & submit appropriate comments. There seems to be no problem on single-user systems, but a 6-year-old bug which applies to multi-user systems is being used as an excuse to remove Xcdroast from the tree. There was a

Re: [gentoo-user] How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 07/06/2016 01:11 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> >> There is a huge glibc-2.23-patches-4.tar.bz2 in my DISTDIR and the patches >> get applied. >> > > Yeah, but they get applied even with USE=vanilla. You can check by > beginning the emerge, and then hitting Ctrl-C while it's compiling. >

Re: [gentoo-user] How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 07/06/2016 01:02 PM, Franz Fellner wrote: >> >> It looks to me like USE=vanilla controls only whether or not bundled >> timezone data is used. If that's the case (double-check!), it's probably >> safe to unmerge timezone-data and re-emerge glibc with USE=vanilla. > > There is a huge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Franz Fellner
On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:06:20 +, James wrote: > Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: > > > > I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be > > related to glibc not trimming as > > necessary which results in way too much memory still occupied

Re: [gentoo-user] How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Franz Fellner
On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:19:44 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 07/06/2016 03:17 AM, Franz Fellner wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be > > related to glibc not trimming as necessary which results in way too much

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 06 Jul 2016 12:11:02 waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > >> Hello list, > > >> > > >> Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? > > >> Geoloc and geolocation both switch on geolocation

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread waltdnes
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > >> Hello list, > >> > >> Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? > >> Geoloc and geolocation both switch on geolocation but in different > >> packages. Would you believe 4 flags?

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 06 Jul 2016 10:31:26 Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc > > and > > geolocation both switch on geolocation but in

Re: [gentoo-user] How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 07/06/2016 03:17 AM, Franz Fellner wrote: > Hey all, > > I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be > related to glibc not trimming as necessary which results in way too much > memory still occupied by the program after free()ing memory. > I can't use gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: what audio file format / container to play on Android.

2016-07-06 Thread Stroller
> On 5 Jul 2016, at 16:54, wabe wrote: > > If you wanna put the audio data into another container without recoding > it, you can use for example something like that: > > ffmpeg -i filename.mp4 -acodec copy filename.m4a This has worked. Many thanks for your help. I did not

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: what audio file format / container to play on Android.

2016-07-06 Thread Stroller
> On 5 Jul 2016, at 23:33, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:30:16 +0100, Stroller wrote: > >> The question may boil down to the Google Drive audio / video player, >> and its (in)ability to play AAC audio. But that would be surprising, >> don't you think? > >

[gentoo-user] Re: How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread James
Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: > I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be related to glibc not trimming as > necessary which results in way too much memory still occupied by the program after free()ing memory. Perhaps you should file a bug, providing some

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc and >> geolocation both switch on geolocation but

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc and > geolocation both switch on geolocation but in different packages. > > This duplication caused me much head-scratching and

[gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags

2016-07-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc and geolocation both switch on geolocation but in different packages. This duplication caused me much head-scratching and needless extra work in trying to install a plasma system without NetworkManager. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Wrong SHA512 checksum for 20160630 amd64 minimal installation medium

2016-07-06 Thread Marvin Gülker
Am Tue, 5 Jul 2016 15:07:03 +0100 schrieb Stroller : > This doesn't address the wider implications of this dodgy checksums, > but I think most people on this list install using SystemRescueCD. Okay, I’ll go that route then. Thank you again! Greetings Marvin --

[gentoo-user] How safe is it to change vanilla-USE-Flag in glibc?

2016-07-06 Thread Franz Fellner
Hey all, I have issues with some prgrams eating too much memory. This seems to be related to glibc not trimming as necessary which results in way too much memory still occupied by the program after free()ing memory. I can't use gcc (specifically g++) with quite some apps now because it starts