Especially ie. for the glibc CVE this week the ebuild should emit an ewarn to run something like eix --compact --installed-with-use static eix --compact --installed-with-use static-libs as mentioned in https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1039150-highlight-.html and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7881920#7881920
(In reply to Toralf Förster from comment #0) > Especially ie. for the glibc CVE this week the ebuild should emit an ewarn > to run something like > > eix --compact --installed-with-use static > eix --compact --installed-with-use static-libs > > as mentioned in https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1039150-highlight-.html > and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7881920#7881920 Ehm. Well, that's why static libs are discouraged. There's a limit on how much we can prevent anyone from shooting himself in the foot with Gentoo.