Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/12/2013 22:17, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 12/16/2013 01:21 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >>> "Enable use of the SSSE3 instruction set (NOT sse3). This is needed by >>> projects which contain assembly code or which use certain compiler >>> intrinsics. It is not a replacement for CFLAGS and fr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/16/2013 01:21 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> "Enable use of the SSSE3 instruction set (NOT sse3). This is needed by >> projects which contain assembly code or which use certain compiler >> intrinsics. It is not a replacement for CFLAGS and friends." > > The second and third sentences add not

Re: [gentoo-dev] Recommend cronie instead of vixie-cron in handbook?

2013-12-16 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-12-15, o godz. 00:13:09 Peter Stuge napisał(a): > Markos Chandras wrote: > > Please do not let Peter render another thread useless. > > Isn't it obvious that the discussion about forks is both related to > cron *and* useful on its own? No, it's not. We may as well consider systemd a c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/12/2013 17:38, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 12/16/2013 05:44 AM, Duncan wrote: >> Matt Turner posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:34:13 -0800 as excerpted: >> >>> sse3: Use the SSE3 instruction set (pni in cpuinfo) >>> ssse3: Use the SSSE3 instruction set >> >> I'd suggest a parenthetical on ssse3

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/16/2013 05:44 AM, Duncan wrote: > Matt Turner posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:34:13 -0800 as excerpted: > >> sse3: Use the SSE3 instruction set (pni in cpuinfo) >> ssse3: Use the SSSE3 instruction set > > I'd suggest a parenthetical on ssse3 as well, something like: > > ssse3: Use the SSSE3

Re: [gentoo-dev] New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:13:28 +0100 "Francesco R." wrote: > another possible case are packages that do run-time checking of usable > instruction set. www-plugins/adobe-flash[1] > The use flag could restrict the code to be compiled and installed from > the ebuild. Yes, and in that extreme case,

[gentoo-dev] Re: New global use flags: 3dnowext, mmxext, ssse3, sse4_1, avx, avx2

2013-12-16 Thread Duncan
Matt Turner posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:34:13 -0800 as excerpted: > sse3: Use the SSE3 instruction set (pni in cpuinfo) > ssse3: Use the SSSE3 instruction set I'd suggest a parenthetical on ssse3 as well, something like: ssse3: Use the SSSE3 instruction set (NOT sse3, three s) I know that con