On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:19:04 -0600 Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:06:45 -0300 > Alexis Ballier <aball...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > 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 > > I like that, but it doesn't address building on a host not supporting > SSE2 for a target that does. Why? Enable sse2 when cross-"building" and be done. Note: There's no more check via /proc/cpuinfo that way. A.
