[MacPorts] #33938: MacPorts needs conf file option to disable binary downloads

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Sun Apr 8 09:01:53 PDT 2012


#33938: MacPorts needs conf file option to disable binary downloads
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 Reporter:  howarth@…                 |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                     |     Version:  2.0.4                                
 Keywords:  compiler                  |        Port:  MacPorts                             
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Comment(by howarth@…):

 Another reason users might want to avoid binary downloads is that those
 built on Snow Leopard[[BR]]
 will not be built with the same SDK as Lion and more importantly not
 linked with -pie to provide[[BR]]
 full use of ASLR on Lion.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33938#comment:1>
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