Bug 89549

Summary:	avidemux-2.0.24: ebuild filtering of -fPIC
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John Gill <jdgill0>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John Gill 2005-04-18 09:55:45 UTC

Shouldn't the avidemux ebuild filter -fPIC?  It seems avidemux will not build with -fPIC. I realize that -fPIC should not be used, except with libs and that
the ebuilds should take care of this, but still you never know what people will try using.


Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-18 10:18:43 UTC

We can't filter all and every problematic flag someone can choose. You should know what you do.

Comment 2 John Gill 2005-04-18 10:44:48 UTC

So, if someone finds a USE flag that out right causes said package to fail compiling, then it should not be reported?  I wasn't asking, nor would I expect, the ebuild maintainer to verify all USE flags for an ebuild, but instead thought that since I ran into this problem and it seemed very clear that avidemux does not like -fPIC, that reporting the problem might be of value.

[quote]You should know what you do.[/quote]
Then why have the "filter" functionality in ebuilds period? The avidemux
ebuild already has:

filter-flags "-fno-default-inline -funroll-loops -funroll-all-loops \
        -maltivec -mabi=altivec"


Anyways, I am not looking to argue about this.  I was only trying to help,
not demand more from the maintainers/developers.