Re: [gentoo-user] Hardened & skype & gcc-4*

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> > According to this:
> >
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182554
> >
> > skype is p.masked on hardened profiles waiting for gcc-4*.  I really
> > need skype working and I wonder if I should unmask gcc-4*, emerge it,
> > and try to emerge skype.  Would I need to follow the Gentoo GCC
> > Upgrade guide to do this if I only want skype compiled with gcc-4*?
> > Would I just be creating a mess doing this?
>
> I guess it makes no sense for skype to need the GCC, since you do not
> (can not) compile skype, it is close-sourced. You could download skype
> from the pages and just unpack it and hope it will work.

I'm actually able to emerge it, but it won't start with:

$ skype
/usr/bin/skype: line 10: /opt/skype/skype: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/skype: line 10: /opt/skype/skype: Success

even though /usr/bin/skype and /opt/skype/skype clearly exist.  What
you're saying makes sense about gcc-4* not being necessary, but then
why the above-referenced bug?

> BTW: IMO skype should not be allowed near a computer that needs to be
> "hardened" -- personally, I do not trust it a bit (and I know a little
> about the quality how it is written, and it talks by network).

What would you recommend as an alternative?  From what I understand, I
could sign up with a voip service and install a client.  Would you
recommend any in particular, both service and client?

- Grant
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