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Bug 921507 - USE=pic: make global USE flag and improve descriptions in the process
Summary: USE=pic: make global USE flag and improve descriptions in the process
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Profiles (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers
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Reported: 2024-01-06 17:37 UTC by Roman Gruber
Modified: 2024-01-07 07:51 UTC (History)
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Description Roman Gruber 2024-01-06 17:37:06 UTC
https://packages.gentoo.org/useflags/pic

That page needs improvement. That says nothing.

PIC are for myself PIC Microcontrollers for example

-> reading further: 
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8762417.html?sid=94cc3137aefcfe5a43def98950a531a6

Position Independent Code is more resistant to certain types of attacks than non-PIC.

wrt pic's "slower", note that mostly applies to x86 (and even then), close to no significance on amd64.

Sienna_Cichlid /home/roman # equery u ffmpeg

 + - pic                    : Force shared libraries to be built as PIC (this is slower)


yes explain something with the same word. excellent

a Car is a car. Awesome
PIC ... PIC

Better:
A Car is a vehicle that transport people from point a to point b.



Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Good Documentation which makes sense.
Comment 1 Roman Gruber 2024-01-06 17:37:36 UTC
Please fix

Webpage

equery output

Please check other description as well. I suspect there are more as this only.