On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be reverted soon? I do not > > enjoy the thought of rebuilding firefox twice in a row. > > The USE flags seem to have been around for a while. I haven't updated > my desktop for a few weeks (I'll do it tomorrow). "emerge -pv firefox" > gives firefox-60.8.0 with... > > [ebuild N ] www-client/firefox-60.8.0::gentoo USE="gmp-autoupdate > screenshot -bindist -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -dbus > -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack (-neon) > -pulseaudio (-selinux) -startup-notification -system-harfbuzz > -system-icu -system-jpeg -system-libevent -system-libvpx > -system-sqlite -test -wifi"
But this is what I mean. The _defaults_ for these flags have changed, so now (with version 68) the default is to build with the system libs. You'll see that too after you update. > This might not apply to Firefox, but it probably does. APIs change > with versions. By using the internal libs, you know that Firefox will > be using the library versions it's expecting to see. I trust the gentoo maintainers with that judgment - if it is in fact a judgment and not a typo. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.
