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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] pax-utils.eclass: elog -> einfo?
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:38:29 -0400
"Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 03/13/2011 04:19 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Saturday, March 12, 2011 07:36:35 Pawe=C5=82 Hajdan, Jr. wrote:
> >> I wonder why pax-utils.eclass uses elog instead of just einfo. An
> >> example message looks like this:
> >>
> >>  * Fallback PaX marking -m
> >>  *      out/Release/chrome
> >>
> >> IMHO it's not very useful in the elog messages, but maybe there are
> >> scenarios in which it is useful.
> >>
> >> My idea is to just replace all elogs with einfos in
> >> pax-utils.eclass. What do you think?
> > i think it depends on the person.  for people who dont use
> > grsec/PaX, they probably could care less and never see this
> > output.  for people who do, they probably do want to see this.
> >
> > maybe have it `elog` only when [[ $(uname -r) =3D=3D *-grsec* ]]
> > -mike
>=20
> blueness@yellowness ~ $ uname -r
> 2.6.37-hardened-r5
>=20
> so you need =3D=3D *-hardened-*

I'd suggest doing something like:

use hardened && elog ...

There's an argument that it's better to make decisions according to
make.conf settings rather than the host system configuration, not
least to cater for people doing cross-builds.  Assuming cross builds
work at all; I've not tried that for a long time.

Kev.