commit:     46a09a7febb2db9e4717d39cb76ed22fc98bbf12
Author:     Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 26 16:52:46 2022 +0000
Commit:     Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Jan 26 16:52:46 2022 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=46a09a7f

profiles: make 'suid' USE flag description less scary

The "security risks" associated with the suid USE flag vary by package,
and are often a matter of opinion. Let's just stick with a message
stating what the USE flag does (generally).

Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/use.desc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 33b5cc3fd624..be834345d391 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ startup-notification - Enable application startup event 
feedback mechanism
 static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically 
linked instead of dynamically
 static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
 subversion - Enable subversion (version control system) support
-suid - Enable setuid root program, with potential security risks
+suid - Enable setuid root program(s)
 svg - Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
 svga - Add support for SVGAlib (graphics library)
 symlink - Force kernel ebuilds to automatically update the /usr/src/linux 
symlink

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