Bug 249451 (runvlcasroot)

Summary:	media-video/vlc USE flag for --enable-run-as-root
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marco Meier <mmeier>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Alexis Ballier <aballier>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	media-video
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.videolan.org
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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