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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-auth/polkit

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

autounmask sys-auth/polkit

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-auth/polkit

Package Information

Description:: Policy framework for controlling privileges for system-wide services
Homepage:: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit
License:: LGPL-2

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
9999	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86	0
126-r2	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86	0

Metadata

Maintainers

Unknown (freedesktop-bugs@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- github: polkit-org/polkit

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>freedesktop-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="systemd">Use <pkg>sys-apps/systemd</pkg> for session tracking</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">polkit-org/polkit</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'examples' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gtk' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'introspection' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'kde' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'pam' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'nls' 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 'test' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'examples' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gtk' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'introspection' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'kde' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'pam' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'nls' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 126-r2 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild polkit-9999
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild polkit-126-r2

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-auth/polkit | euse -E <flag> -p sys-auth/polkit | euse -D <flag> -p sys-auth/polkit

Flag	Description	9999	126-r2
examples	Install examples, usually source code	✓	✓
gtk	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)	✓	✓
introspection	Add support for GObject based introspection	⊕	⊕
kde	Add support for software made by KDE, a free software community	✓	✓
nls	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)	✓	✓
pam	Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip	✓	✓
selinux	!!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur	✓	✓
systemd	Use <pkg>sys-apps/systemd</pkg> for session tracking	✓	✓
test	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)	✓	✓

Files

polkit-126-dbusmock.patch
polkit-126-elogind.patch

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	polkit-126.tar.gz	456138 bytes

sys-auth/polkit (gentoo)