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Install this package:

emerge -a sci-calculators/bc-gh

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask sci-calculators/bc-gh

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sci-calculators/bc-gh

Package Information

Description:: An implementation of POSIX bc and Unix dc with GNU extensions and some of their own extensions. It also removes the dangerous '!' dc command. This bc/dc is especially useful for programmers, with extra math and a larger builtin library with some hardware-oriented print functions.
Homepage:: https://git.gavinhoward.com/gavin/bc/ https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/
License:: BSD-2

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords
7.0.3	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86
6.7.5	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86
6.5.0	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86

Metadata

Description

An implementation of POSIX bc and Unix dc with GNU extensions and some of their own extensions. It also removes the dangerous '!' dc command. This bc/dc is especially useful for programmers, with extra math and a larger builtin library with some hardware-oriented print functions.

Maintainers

Gavin D. Howard (gavin@gavinhoward.com) - Type: person
Proxy Maintainers (proxy-maint@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Bugs: https://git.gavinhoward.com/gavin/bc
Remote IDs:
- github: gavinhoward/bc

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
		<email>gavin@gavinhoward.com</email>
		<name>Gavin D. Howard</name>
	</maintainer>
	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
	An implementation of POSIX bc and Unix dc with GNU extensions and some of
	their own extensions. It also removes the dangerous '!' dc command.
	This bc/dc is especially useful for programmers, with extra math and a
	larger builtin library with some hardware-oriented print functions.
	</longdescription>
	<upstream>
		<maintainer>
			<email>gavin@gavinhoward.com</email>
			<name>Gavin D. Howard</name>
		</maintainer>
		<doc>https://git.gavinhoward.com/gavin/bc/src/branch/master/manuals</doc>
		<bugs-to>https://git.gavinhoward.com/gavin/bc</bugs-to>
		<remote-id type="github">gavinhoward/bc</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'libedit' in ebuild 7.0.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'readline' in ebuild 7.0.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'libedit' in ebuild 6.7.5 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'readline' in ebuild 6.7.5 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'libedit' in ebuild 6.5.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'readline' in ebuild 6.5.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild bc-gh-7.0.3
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild bc-gh-6.7.5
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild bc-gh-6.5.0

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sci-calculators/bc-gh | euse -E <flag> -p sci-calculators/bc-gh | euse -D <flag> -p sci-calculators/bc-gh

Flag	Description	7.0.3	6.7.5	6.5.0
libedit	Use the libedit library (replacement for readline)	✓	✓	✓
readline	Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants	✓	✓	✓

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions
DIST	bc-6.5.0.tar.xz	461380 bytes	6.5.0
DIST	bc-6.7.5.tar.xz	468572 bytes	6.7.5
DIST	bc-7.0.3.tar.xz	474800 bytes	7.0.3

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