Bug 760929

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: add feature to enable runtime fallback of native file copy (from USE=native-extensions)
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/647 https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/11900 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761499
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	635020

Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2020-12-20 22:34:05 UTC

I cases when native file copy fails, it would be nice to have a way for the user to enable a runtime fallback. This fallback should be discouraged, since failures of this sort typically indicate a bug at some level.