[gentoo-dev] Re: Suitable USE flag name for stuff that requires non volatile memory

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> posted
200705120647.39160.vapier@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on  Sat, 12 May
2007 06:47:38 -0400:

> On Friday 11 May 2007, Roy Marples wrote:
>> livecd
>> (only a livecd is volative, even embedded devices have non volative
>> storage)
> 
> i would use that myself ... perhaps even tie in USE=netboot ...

Except that livecd is entirely unsuitable.  The description says it's for 
internal use only, not to be set on a standard installation, while Roy's 
post specifically stated that those merging the package for use on IPv6 
will probably want the functionality on.

(I OTOH, would want it off, for the same reason I'm running the 
macchanger module, have cookies off by default, and block the likes of 
doubleclick.  I like my IP address actually changing once in awhile, 
certainly more frequently than my ISP tends to change it given the same 
MAC address every time.  My ISP may be able to associate my IP with my 
name and account based on the records for the cable modem registered in 
my name, but that doesn't mean I want every doubleclick and google.com 
doing it, at least not without going to a bit of trouble.  Thus, using a 
non-transparent flag such as livecd and defaulting it to on, or simply 
hard-deping it, isn't a particularly nice option either.)

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