On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 02:35:05PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > 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.
You're right. I updated, and "emerge -pv firefox" gives > [ebuild N ] www-client/firefox-68.1.0::gentoo USE="gmp-autoupdate > screenshot system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg > system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite system-webp -bindist > -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -dbus -debug -eme-free > -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack -lto (-neon) -pgo -pulseaudio > (-selinux) -startup-notification -test -wayland -wifi" It'll be interesting to see if any stability issues come up. I run homebrew builds of Pale Moon, so I won't be affected. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
