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

Notice: This package has been listed as an informative package. View the full list here.
Notice: This package is in a virtual group: virtual/libc, virtual/libcrypt
Equivalents: sys-libs/musl, sys-libs/libxcrypt

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a sys-libs/glibc

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

autounmask sys-libs/glibc

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-libs/glibc

Package Information

Description:
GNU libc C library
Homepage:
https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
License:
LGPL-2.1+ BSD HPND ISC inner-net rc PCRE

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 2.2
2.43-r1 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 2.2
2.43 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 2.2
2.42-r6 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 2.2
2.42-r5 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.41-r10 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.40-r11 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.39-r11 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.38-r13 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.37-r10 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.36-r8 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.35-r11 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.34-r14 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.33-r14 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.32-r8 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.31-r7 7 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 2.2
2.19-r3 8 ~amd64 2.2

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 (needs binutils 2.29 and gcc 8)</flag>
		<flag name="clang">Allow building with clang (if proper environment is set). Highly experimental. Disable to auto-force gcc usage.</flag>
		<flag name="clone3">Enable the new clone3 syscall within glibc. Can be disabled to allow compatibility with older Electron applications.</flag>
		<flag name="compile-locales">build *all* locales in src_install; this is generally meant for stage building only as it ignores /etc/locale.gen file and can be pretty slow</flag>
		<flag name="crypt">build and install libcrypt and crypt.h</flag>
		<flag name="debug">When USE=hardened, allow fortify/stack violations to dump core (SIGABRT) and not kill self (SIGKILL)</flag>
		<flag name="experimental-loong">Add experimental LoongArch patchset</flag>
		<flag name="gd">build memusage and memusagestat tools</flag>
		<flag name="hash-sysv-compat">enable sysv linker hashes in glibc for compatibility with binary software (EAC via wine/proton)</flag>
		<flag name="multiarch">enable optimizations for multiple CPU architectures (detected at runtime)</flag>
		<flag name="multilib-bootstrap">Provide prebuilt libgcc.a and crt files if missing. Only needed for ABI switch.</flag>
		<flag name="nscd">Build, and enable support for, the Name Service Cache Daemon</flag>
		<flag name="perl">Install additional scripts written in Perl</flag>
		<flag name="sframe">enable building with sframe backtrace support</flag>
		<flag name="ssp">protect stack of glibc internals</flag>
		<flag name="stack-realign">Realign the stack in the 32-bit build for compatibility with older binaries at some performance cost</flag>
		<flag name="static-pie">Enable static PIE support (runtime files for -static-pie gcc option).</flag>
		<flag name="suid">Make internal pt_chown helper setuid -- not needed if using Linux and have /dev/pts mounted with gid=5</flag>
		<flag name="systemtap">
			Enable enhanced debugging hooks/interface via SystemTap static probe points.

			Note that this isn't exclusive to SystemTap, despite the name. This provides
			an interface which <pkg>dev-debug/gdb</pkg> optionally uses, see
			https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/LinkerInterface.
		</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:gnu:glibc</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

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

Flag Description 9999 2.43-r1 2.43 2.42-r6 2.42-r5 2.41-r10 2.40-r11 2.39-r11 2.38-r13 2.37-r10 2.36-r8 2.35-r11 2.34-r14 2.33-r14 2.32-r8 2.31-r7 2.19-r3
audit Enable support for Linux audit subsystem using sys-process/audit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
caps Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
cet Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (needs binutils 2.29 and gcc 8) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
clang Allow building with clang (if proper environment is set). Highly experimental. Disable to auto-force gcc usage. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
clone3 Enable the new clone3 syscall within glibc. Can be disabled to allow compatibility with older Electron applications. ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ⊕ ⊕ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
compile-locales build *all* locales in src_install; this is generally meant for stage building only as it ignores /etc/locale.gen file and can be pretty slow ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
crypt build and install libcrypt and crypt.h ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
custom-cflags Build with user-specified CFLAGS (unsupported) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
debug When USE=hardened, allow fortify/stack violations to dump core (SIGABRT) and not kill self (SIGKILL) ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
experimental-loong Add experimental LoongArch patchset ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
gd build memusage and memusagestat tools ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
hash-sysv-compat enable sysv linker hashes in glibc for compatibility with binary software (EAC via wine/proton) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
headers-only Install only C headers instead of whole package. Mainly used by sys-devel/crossdev for toolchain bootstrap. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
multiarch enable optimizations for multiple CPU architectures (detected at runtime) ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ✗
multilib On 64bit systems, if you want to be able to compile 32bit and 64bit binaries ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
multilib-bootstrap Provide prebuilt libgcc.a and crt files if missing. Only needed for ABI switch. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
nscd Build, and enable support for, the Name Service Cache Daemon ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
perl Install additional scripts written in Perl ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
profile Add support for software performance analysis (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
sframe enable building with sframe backtrace support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
ssp protect stack of glibc internals ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ✗
stack-realign Realign the stack in the 32-bit build for compatibility with older binaries at some performance cost ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ✗
static-pie Enable static PIE support (runtime files for -static-pie gcc option). ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
suid Make internal pt_chown helper setuid -- not needed if using Linux and have /dev/pts mounted with gid=5 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
systemd Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
systemtap Enable enhanced debugging hooks/interface via SystemTap static probe points. Note that this isn't exclusive to SystemTap, despite the name. This provides an interface which <pkg>dev-debug/gdb</pkg> optionally uses, see https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/LinkerInterface. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST glibc-2.43.tar.xz 20297012 bytes 2.43
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST backport-rv32.txz 26416 bytes
DIST gcc-4.7.3-r1-multilib-bootstrap.tar.bz2 8064097 bytes
DIST gcc-multilib-bootstrap-20180511.tar.xz 2392908 bytes
DIST gcc-multilib-bootstrap-20201208.tar.xz 5528452 bytes
DIST glibc-2.19-patches-9.tar.bz2 24584 bytes
DIST glibc-2.19.tar.xz 12083312 bytes
DIST glibc-2.31-patches-9.tar.xz 74712 bytes
DIST glibc-2.31.tar.xz 16676764 bytes
DIST glibc-2.32-patches-8.tar.xz 65532 bytes
DIST glibc-2.32.tar.xz 16744512 bytes
DIST glibc-2.33-patches-11.tar.xz 143916 bytes
DIST glibc-2.33.tar.xz 17031280 bytes
DIST glibc-2.34-patches-17.tar.xz 241584 bytes
DIST glibc-2.34.tar.xz 17301232 bytes
DIST glibc-2.35-loongarch-patches-20220522.tar.xz 44728 bytes
DIST glibc-2.35-patches-12.tar.xz 266056 bytes
DIST glibc-2.35.tar.xz 18165952 bytes
DIST glibc-2.36-patches-10.tar.xz 118268 bytes
DIST glibc-2.36.tar.xz 18610836 bytes
DIST glibc-2.37-patches-12.tar.xz 83716 bytes
DIST glibc-2.37.tar.xz 18674604 bytes
DIST glibc-2.38-patches-13.tar.xz 92708 bytes
DIST glibc-2.38.tar.xz 18913712 bytes
DIST glibc-2.39-patches-11.tar.xz 192784 bytes
DIST glibc-2.39.tar.xz 18520988 bytes
DIST glibc-2.40-patches-11.tar.xz 227044 bytes
DIST glibc-2.40.tar.xz 18752204 bytes
DIST glibc-2.41-patches-12.tar.xz 168252 bytes
DIST glibc-2.41.tar.xz 19344868 bytes
DIST glibc-2.42-patches-7.tar.xz 69864 bytes
DIST glibc-2.42-patches-8.tar.xz 77696 bytes
DIST glibc-2.42.tar.xz 19930508 bytes
DIST glibc-2.42.tar.xz.sig 981 bytes
DIST glibc-2.43-patches-1.tar.xz 23328 bytes
DIST glibc-2.43-patches-2.tar.xz 90172 bytes
DIST glibc-2.43.tar.xz.sig 1018 bytes
DIST glibc-systemd-20210729.tar.gz 1480 bytes
DIST glibc-systemd-20210814.tar.gz 1469 bytes
DIST locale-gen-2.00.tar.gz 7738 bytes
DIST locale-gen-2.10.tar.gz 7747 bytes
DIST locale-gen-2.22.tar.gz 7971 bytes
DIST locale-gen-2.23.tar.gz 7977 bytes