On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:47 +0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > 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).
Ahh, "Better, but you're a sucker anyhow" then ;) Thanks for the answer :) > 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 ;-) Well, I am. But not on the machine that runs X ;) Thanks, Spider -- begin .signature Tortured users / Laughing in pain See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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