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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-apps/man-db

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

autounmask sys-apps/man-db

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-apps/man-db

Package Information

Description:: A man replacement that utilizes dbm instead of flat files
Homepage:: https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db https://www.nongnu.org/man-db/
License:: GPL-3

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords
9999	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris
2.13.1-r1	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris
2.13.0-r1	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris

Metadata

Maintainers

Gentoo Base System (base-system@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- gitlab: man-db/man-db
- cpe: cpe:/a:man-db_project:man-db

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="manpager">Enable manpager wrapper for colorizing output</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="gitlab">man-db/man-db</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:man-db_project:man-db</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'nls' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'seccomp' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'zlib' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'nls' in ebuild 2.13.1-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'seccomp' in ebuild 2.13.1-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 2.13.1-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 2.13.1-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'zlib' in ebuild 2.13.1-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'nls' in ebuild 2.13.0-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'seccomp' in ebuild 2.13.0-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 2.13.0-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 2.13.0-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'zlib' in ebuild 2.13.0-r1 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild man-db-9999
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild man-db-2.13.1-r1
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild man-db-2.13.0-r1

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-apps/man-db | euse -E <flag> -p sys-apps/man-db | euse -D <flag> -p sys-apps/man-db

Flag	Description	9999	2.13.1-r1	2.13.0-r1
manpager	Enable manpager wrapper for colorizing output	⊕	⊕	⊕
nls	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)	✓	✓	✓
seccomp	Enable seccomp (secure computing mode) to perform system call filtering at runtime to increase security of programs	⊕	⊕	⊕
selinux	!!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur	✓	✓	✓
static-libs	Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well	✓	✓	✓
zlib	Add support for zlib compression	✓	✓	✓

Files

man-db-2.9.3-sandbox-env-tests.patch
man-db.cron-r1

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	man-db-2.13.0.tar.xz	2071032 bytes
DIST	man-db-2.13.0.tar.xz.asc	833 bytes
DIST	man-db-2.13.1.tar.xz	2110328 bytes
DIST	man-db-2.13.1.tar.xz.asc	833 bytes

sys-apps/man-db (gentoo)