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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in www-plugins/adobe-flash: metadata.xml ado
From:       Alexis Ballier <aballier () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2012-04-27 13:38:01
Message-ID: 20120427103801.6bdedb92 () gentoo ! org
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:19:04 -0600
Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:06:45 -0300
> Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:15:34 -0400
> > Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christian Ruppert
> > > <idl0r@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.

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