On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:15:34 -0400 Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christian Ruppert <id...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > I haven't followed the prev. conversation but what's wrong with a > > USE flag for SSE2? We already have SSE2 flags, even global.. > > That's not it. The flash binary uses SSE2 instructions without > checking for their presence, which causes bad things on systems > without SSE2. The purpose of the 'sse2check' flag was to die if the > system doesn't have SSE2 and print a message telling the user to use > an older version of flash. > > The relevant bug is https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410547 > wouldnt adding a sse2 useflag and putting it in REQUIRED_USE solve the problem ? afaik portage wont even try to upgrade if people have -sse2 A.
