>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, Michał Górny wrote: > Correct the description of SSL/TLS-related flags to match their modern > use. USE=ssl is a feature flag that enables support for SSL/TLS, > while USE=gnutls and USE=libressl are implementation toggling flags.
> Unify the descriptions a bit. Make sure to mention both SSL and TLS > to avoid confusion. Inform about the necessity of enabling USE=ssl > in both implementation flags, and replace 'might' with 'if present'. > --- > profiles/use.desc | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc > index 43423a017a5f..4ac5d5ad6136 100644 > --- a/profiles/use.desc > +++ b/profiles/use.desc > @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ gmp - Add support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library) > gnome - Add GNOME support > gnome-keyring - Enable support for storing passwords via gnome-keyring > gnuplot - Enable support for gnuplot (data and function plotting) > -gnutls - Add support for net-libs/gnutls (TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 support) > +gnutls - Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (requires USE=ssl if > present) NACK. This seems to imply that USE="-ssl gnutls" is not a valid configuration? What if the user prefers gnutls and therefore has globally enabled the gnutls flag, but -ssl for a single package? How about "(needs USE=ssl to take effect)" instead? > gphoto2 - Add digital camera support > gpm - Add support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver) > gps - Add support for Global Positioning System > @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ libcaca - Add support for colored ASCII-art graphics > libedit - Use the libedit library (replacement for readline) > libffi - Enable support for Foreign Function Interface library > libnotify - Enable desktop notification support > -libressl - Use dev-libs/libressl as SSL provider (might need ssl USE flag), > packages should not depend on this USE flag > +libressl - Use dev-libs/libressl instead of dev-libs/openssl as SSL/TLS > provider (requires USE=ssl if present), packages should not depend on this > USE flag Same here. > libsamplerate - Build with support for converting sample rates using > libsamplerate > libwww - Add libwww support (General purpose WEB API) > lirc - Add support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control) > @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ sox - Add support for Sound eXchange (SoX) > speex - Add support for the speex audio codec (used for speech) > spell - Add dictionary support > sqlite - Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database > -ssl - Add support for Secure Socket Layer connections > +ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport > Layer Security) > startup-notification - Enable application startup event feedback mechanism > static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be > statically linked instead of dynamically > static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well > -- > 2.16.1
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