# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # Michał Górny (2019-12-06) # Non-initramfs builds do not work with the default .config. Force # the mask, so that users don't brick their systems. If somebody wants # to avoid initramfs, he needs to use a custom .config and unforce # the flag. sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel initramfs # Sergei Trofimovich (2019-11-06) # Upstream plans to drop libcrypt.so.1/crypt.h from glibc # distribution and rely on external providers lke libxcrypt. # Gentoo will follow the suit but today we are not ready. # Unmask at your risk. Bug #699422 tracks the effort. sys-libs/glibc crypt # Matt Turner (2019-09-01) # (2019-08-17) # USE=-cxx us a sure way to break native install as modern gcc # requires C++ to bootstrap. But in rare cases it's useful # to have a compiler not capable of C++, bug #692126. sys-devel/gcc cxx # Andreas K. Hüttel (2019-04-14) # Make sure glibc static libs are installed for now. Not installing # them is an experimental feature and needs testing. sys-libs/glibc static-libs # Michał Górny (2019-03-22) # Force building separate tinfo to maintain stable library API. This # is backwards-compatible with packages linked to -lncurses, so neither # installed packages nor pre-built software should be negatively # affected. On the other hand, disabling USE=tinfo is capable of # breaking installed packages. sys-libs/ncurses tinfo sys-libs/ncurses-compat tinfo # Mart Raudsepp (2018-12-14) # Security is not optional if available for the architecture/kernel. gnome-base/gnome-desktop seccomp app-misc/tracker-miners seccomp >gnome-base/nautilus-3.29 seccomp # Andreas K. Hüttel (2018-09-11) # All glibc versions that include RPC code are masked now. dev-libs/libspt libtirpc dev-perl/Lab-VXI11 libtirpc net-analyzer/argus libtirpc net-analyzer/snort libtirpc net-firewall/conntrack-tools libtirpc net-fs/autofs libtirpc net-misc/netkit-bootparamd libtirpc sci-astronomy/esomidas libtirpc sys-cluster/glusterfs libtirpc # NP-Hardass (2017-04-10) # Always force patch on appropriate variant to ensure # similar experience when using app-emulation/wine-any app-emulation/wine-staging staging app-emulation/wine-d3d9 d3d9 # David Seifert (2017-03-07) # Only ever use system ffmpeg, allow kodi bundled ffmpeg # only for debug pruposes. media-tv/kodi system-ffmpeg # Sam Jorna (2016-12-15) # Known to build unbootable EFI binaries on some systems when built with # UDK. Forcing use of gnu-efi until it's more stable # (probably after stabilization of refind-0.11.4). sys-boot/refind gnuefi # Mike Gilbert (2016-10-13) # Python without threads breaks in many ways. dev-lang/python threads # Maciej Mrozowski (2016-09-01) # Workaround until resolved upstream (bug #586840) >=dev-games/simgear-2016.2.1 dns # Justin Lecher (2014-08-10) # Doesn't work without acl support # No patch yet, #516626 >=net-fs/netatalk-3.1.3 acl # Pawel Hajdan jr (2014-06-12) # Chromium builds in PIC mode on most arches anyway, # i.e. this use flag has no effect on them. www-client/chromium pic # Zac Medico (2012-12-04) # Force app-shells/bash[readline] in stage1 builds, so that compgen is # available for sys-apps/portage (see bug #445576). app-shells/bash:0 readline # Michał Górny (2012-10-14) # Force-enable all PYTHON_TARGETS for python-exec to avoid using private # API. Please remember to keep it in sync with python_targets.desc. dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_python2_7 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_python3_5 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_python3_6 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_python3_7 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_python3_8 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_jython2_7 dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_pypy dev-lang/python-exec python_targets_pypy3 # Zac Medico (2010-10-20) # Force ipc USE flag since it should remain enabled unless # it is found to be incompatible with a specific profile # or environment. When enabled, it fixes bug #278895, # bug #315615, and makes subshell die support more robust # (so that repoman's ebuild.nesteddie check is irrelevant). sys-apps/portage ipc # Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis # Python should use wide Unicode implementation by default. # Switching of "wide-unicode" USE flag changes ABI of Python # and requires reinstallation of many Python modules. dev-lang/python wide-unicode # Peter Alfredsen (2009-04-11) # Forcing w.r.t. bug 265336. When unicode use-flag is # turned off, ABI is broken without a .so bump. dev-libs/libpcre unicode