Hello Spider,

On Thursday 03 Feb 2005 10:27, Spider wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 01:08 -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > I just added it, only keyworded ~x86 because .903 was only ~x86 ~ppc64,
> > and ppc64 folks didn't request that I retain their keywords when I asked
> > a while back on -dev.
>
> A bit off-topic here, but a question nontheless. What does the dlloader
> flag really do (on x86 ;)?  Is it good/Bad, something we should
> test/avoid and will it work with the binary pain in the arse that some
> of us are forced to consume by various vendors?

Short version: replaces Xorg's own elfloader with an interface to libdl 
(basically); Depends on your need of binary modules; currently not (at least, 
that's currently the case for the nvidia drivers).

Long, and more useful answer can be found on 
<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/hardenedxorg.xml>, though the 
hardened stuff won't apply.. unless your using hardened ;-)

Best,
Elfyn

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