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Masked: This package is masked.

Reason: (and others, updated later) These old versions of toolchain packages (binutils, gcc, glibc) are no longer officially supported and are not suitable for general use. Using these packages can result in build failures (and possible breakage) for many packages, and may leave your system vulnerable to known security exploits. If you still use one of these old toolchain packages, please upgrade (and switch the compiler / the binutils) ASAP. If you need them for a specific (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.

Masked by Andreas K. Hüttel on 2017-05-21

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Install

Install this package:

emerge -a sys-devel/binutils

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

autounmask sys-devel/binutils

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-devel/binutils

Package Information

Description:
Tools necessary to build programs
Homepage:
https://sourceware.org/binutils/
License:
GPL-3+

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 $(ver_cut
2.46.0 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.45.9999 8 $(ver_cut
2.45.1 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.45-r1 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.45 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 $(ver_cut
2.44-r4 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.43-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.42-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.41-r5 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.40-r9 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.39-r5 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.38-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.37_p1-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.36.1-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.35.2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.34-r2 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.33.1-r1 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 $(ver_cut
2.32-r2 7 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 $(ver_cut

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>toolchain@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Toolchain Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="cet">Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology.</flag>
		<flag name="default-gold">Set ld to point to ld.gold instead of ld.bfd</flag>
		<flag name="gold">Build ld.gold linker</flag>
		<flag name="gprofng">Enable the next-generation gprofng profiler</flag>
		<flag name="pgo">Build binutils with Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) and LTO</flag>
		<flag name="plugins">Enable plugin support in tools</flag>
		<flag name="multitarget">Adds support to binutils for cross compiling (does not work with gas)</flag>
		<flag name="debuginfod">Enable debuginfod support via <pkg>dev-libs/elfutils</pkg> libdebuginfod</flag>
		<flag name="xxhash">Use <pkg>dev-libs/xxhash</pkg> for --build-id=xx support</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:binutils</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

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

Flag Description 9999 2.46.0 2.45.9999 2.45.1 2.45-r1 2.45 2.44-r4 2.43-r2 2.42-r2 2.41-r5 2.40-r9 2.39-r5 2.38-r2 2.37_p1-r2 2.36.1-r2 2.35.2 2.34-r2 2.33.1-r1 2.32-r2
cet Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
debuginfod Enable debuginfod support via <pkg>dev-libs/elfutils</pkg> libdebuginfod ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
default-gold Set ld to point to ld.gold instead of ld.bfd ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
gold Build ld.gold linker ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
gprofng Enable the next-generation gprofng profiler ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
hardened Activate default security enhancements for toolchain (gcc, glibc, binutils) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
multitarget Adds support to binutils for cross compiling (does not work with gas) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
pgo Build binutils with Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) and LTO ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
plugins Enable plugin support in tools ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
vanilla Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
xxhash Use <pkg>dev-libs/xxhash</pkg> for --build-id=xx support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
zstd Enable support for ZSTD compression ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST binutils-2.35.2.tar.xz 22056908 bytes 2.35.2
DIST binutils-2.45.1.tar.xz 27962312 bytes 2.45.1
DIST binutils-2.45.tar.xz 27868232 bytes 2.45
DIST binutils-2.46.0.tar.xz 28548776 bytes 2.46.0
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST binutils-2.32-patches-3.tar.xz 151372 bytes
DIST binutils-2.32.tar.xz 20774880 bytes
DIST binutils-2.33.1-patches-2.tar.xz 18636 bytes
DIST binutils-2.33.1.tar.xz 21490848 bytes
DIST binutils-2.34-patches-6.tar.xz 103028 bytes
DIST binutils-2.34.tar.xz 21637796 bytes
DIST binutils-2.35.2-patches-1.tar.xz 11836 bytes
DIST binutils-2.36.1-patches-5.tar.xz 44388 bytes
DIST binutils-2.36.1.tar.xz 22772248 bytes
DIST binutils-2.37_p1-patches-2.tar.xz 31956 bytes
DIST binutils-2.37_p1.tar.xz 22992196 bytes
DIST binutils-2.38-patches-4.tar.xz 193852 bytes
DIST binutils-2.38.tar.xz 23651408 bytes
DIST binutils-2.39-patches-6.tar.xz 92380 bytes
DIST binutils-2.39.tar.xz 25167756 bytes
DIST binutils-2.40-patches-7.tar.xz 299188 bytes
DIST binutils-2.40.tar.xz 25241484 bytes
DIST binutils-2.41-patches-5.tar.xz 95176 bytes
DIST binutils-2.41.tar.xz 26765692 bytes
DIST binutils-2.42-patches-6.tar.xz 50664 bytes
DIST binutils-2.42.tar.xz 27567160 bytes
DIST binutils-2.43-patches-3.tar.xz 62692 bytes
DIST binutils-2.43.tar.xz 28175768 bytes
DIST binutils-2.44-patches-4.tar.xz 83612 bytes
DIST binutils-2.44.tar.xz 27285788 bytes
DIST binutils-2.45-patches-1.tar.xz 15588 bytes
DIST binutils-2.45-patches-3.tar.xz 31264 bytes
DIST binutils-2.45.1-patches-1.tar.xz 9172 bytes
DIST binutils-2.46.0-patches-1.tar.xz 6620 bytes