> > According to this: > > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182554 > > > > skype is p.masked on hardened profiles waiting for gcc-4*. I really > > need skype working and I wonder if I should unmask gcc-4*, emerge it, > > and try to emerge skype. Would I need to follow the Gentoo GCC > > Upgrade guide to do this if I only want skype compiled with gcc-4*? > > Would I just be creating a mess doing this? > > I guess it makes no sense for skype to need the GCC, since you do not > (can not) compile skype, it is close-sourced. You could download skype > from the pages and just unpack it and hope it will work.
I'm actually able to emerge it, but it won't start with: $ skype /usr/bin/skype: line 10: /opt/skype/skype: No such file or directory /usr/bin/skype: line 10: /opt/skype/skype: Success even though /usr/bin/skype and /opt/skype/skype clearly exist. What you're saying makes sense about gcc-4* not being necessary, but then why the above-referenced bug? > BTW: IMO skype should not be allowed near a computer that needs to be > "hardened" -- personally, I do not trust it a bit (and I know a little > about the quality how it is written, and it talks by network). What would you recommend as an alternative? From what I understand, I could sign up with a voip service and install a client. Would you recommend any in particular, both service and client? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
