760929 – sys-apps/portage: add feature to enable runtime fallback of native file copy (from USE=native-extensions)

Bug 760929 - sys-apps/portage: add feature to enable runtime fallback of native file copy (from USE=native-extensions)

Summary: sys-apps/portage: add feature to enable runtime fallback of native file copy ...

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Blocks:	635020
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Reported:	2020-12-20 22:34 UTC by Zac Medico
Modified:	2022-03-16 01:25 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/647 https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/11900 761499
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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.