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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-libs/libcap-ng

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

autounmask sys-libs/libcap-ng

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-libs/libcap-ng

Package Information

Description:

The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library. It includes utilities that can analyse all currently running applications and print out any capabilities and whether or not it has an open ended bounding set.

Homepage:

https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/

License:

GPL-2+ LGPL-2.1+

Versions

Metadata

Description

• The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library. It includes utilities that can analyse all currently running applications and print out any capabilities and whether or not it has an open ended bounding set.

Maintainers

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

Upstream

• Remote IDs:
  • cpe: cpe:/a:libcap-ng_project:libcap-ng
  • github: stevegrubb/libcap-ng

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
	The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX
	capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library. It includes
	utilities that can analyse all currently running applications and print
	out any capabilities and whether or not it has an open ended bounding set.
	</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="bpf">
		Install cap-audit utility which uses the extended Berkeley
		Packet Filter (eBPF).
		</flag>
		<flag name="deprecated">
		Install deprecated captest utility.
		</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:libcap-ng_project:libcap-ng</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">stevegrubb/libcap-ng</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Warning] USE flag 'python' in ebuild 0.9.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 0.9.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'python' in ebuild 0.8.5 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Warning] USE flag 'static-libs' in ebuild 0.8.5 is not documented in metadata.xml
• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild libcap-ng-0.9.3
• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild libcap-ng-0.8.5

USE Flags

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

Files

• libcap-ng-0.8.5-python.patch
• libcap-ng-0.9.3-audit-out-of-source-build.patch

Manifest