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Bug 249451 (runvlcasroot) - media-video/vlc USE flag for --enable-run-as-root
Summary: media-video/vlc USE flag for --enable-run-as-root
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: runvlcasroot
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement
Assignee: Alexis Ballier
URL: http://www.videolan.org
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Reported: 2008-12-01 08:56 UTC by Marco Meier
Modified: 2008-12-09 13:56 UTC (History)
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Description Marco Meier 2008-12-01 08:56:52 UTC 
To run vlc as root, --enable-run-as-root has to be specified since vlc-0.9. I would suggest a new USE flag, since this is necessary on some embedded devices.
Comment 1 Alexis Ballier gentoo-dev 2008-12-09 13:56:16 UTC 
useflag added, thanks