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Notice: This package is in a virtual group: virtual/pager
Equivalents: app-editors/vim, app-text/lv, sys-apps/less, sys-apps/most

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a sys-apps/util-linux

Package Information

Description:
Various useful Linux utilities
Homepage:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux
License:
GPL-2+ GPL-1+ GPL-2 GPL-2+ GPL-3+ LGPL-2.1+ MIT BSD-2 BSD BSD-4 EUPL-1.2 public-domain

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos 0
2.42.3 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos 0
2.42.2 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos 0
2.41.5 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos 0

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="audit">Use <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg> to emit audit messages about system changes</flag>
		<flag name="caps">build setpriv helper (run programs with diff capabilities)</flag>
		<flag name="cramfs">build mkfs/fsck helpers for cramfs filesystems</flag>
		<flag name="cryptsetup">Use <pkg>sys-fs/cryptsetup</pkg> to have built-in dm-verity in libmount</flag>
		<flag name="fdformat">build fdformat (floppy disk format)</flag>
		<flag name="hardlink">build hardlink program</flag>
		<flag name="kill">build the kill program</flag>
		<flag name="logger">build the logger program</flag>
		<flag name="pam">build runuser helper</flag>
		<flag name="rtas">Add support for the Run Time Abstraction Services (RTAS)</flag>
		<flag name="su">build the su program</flag>
		<flag name="suid">
		Install some programs with suid bit set to provide additional functionality.
		mount/umount: non-root users may mount/umount devices
		wall/write: non-root users can notify other users
		su: non-root users may become root
		</flag>
		<flag name="tty-helpers">install the mesg/wall/write tools for talking to local users</flag>
		<flag name="uuidd">build uuidd daemon</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:andries_brouwer:util-linux</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">util-linux/util-linux</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

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

Flag Description 9999 2.42.3 2.42.2 2.41.5
audit Use <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg> to emit audit messages about system changes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
build !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
caps build setpriv helper (run programs with diff capabilities) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
cramfs build mkfs/fsck helpers for cramfs filesystems ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
cryptsetup Use <pkg>sys-fs/cryptsetup</pkg> to have built-in dm-verity in libmount ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
fdformat build fdformat (floppy disk format) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
hardlink build hardlink program ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
kill build the kill program ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
logger build the logger program ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
magic Add support for file type detection via magic bytes (usually via libmagic from sys-apps/file) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ncurses Add ncurses support (console display library) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
pam build runuser helper ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
python Add optional support/bindings for the Python language ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
readline Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
rtas Add support for the Run Time Abstraction Services (RTAS) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
slang Add support for the slang text display library (it's like ncurses, but different) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
su build the su program ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
suid Install some programs with suid bit set to provide additional functionality. mount/umount: non-root users may mount/umount devices wall/write: non-root users can notify other users su: non-root users may become root ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
systemd Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
tty-helpers install the mesg/wall/write tools for talking to local users ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
udev Enable virtual/udev integration (device discovery, power and storage device support, etc) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
unicode Add support for Unicode ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
uuidd build uuidd daemon ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST util-linux-2.41.5.tar.sign 833 bytes 2.41.5
DIST util-linux-2.41.5.tar.xz 9474992 bytes 2.41.5
DIST util-linux-2.42.2.tar.sign 833 bytes 2.42.2
DIST util-linux-2.42.2.tar.xz 10658220 bytes 2.42.2
DIST util-linux-2.42.3.tar.sign 833 bytes 2.42.3
DIST util-linux-2.42.3.tar.xz 10716216 bytes 2.42.3
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