On 10-02-2006 00:38:47 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:26:11 -0500 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Assuming the CHOST variable is 'safe' is not a good thing, users can > > over-ride this variable. Can you specify some behavior when it's set > > to something bogus ( invalid form ) or something thats not in the > > mapping? > > Users that override CHOST to something outside of one of the safe forms > (or at all, on many archs) won't be able to compile anything anyway.
On 10-02-2006 01:38:54 +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten wrote: > Users can change CHOST, but if they do in the wrong way, they can do way more > damage than just this. Indeed. But this reason is worth a note in the GLEP. I'll add it as grounding why we assume CHOST is 'safe'. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo/Alt -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
