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Install this package:

emerge -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
2.43.9999 8 2.2
2.42.9999 8 2.2
2.42 8 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="old-kernel">Support the oldest kernel also supported by upstream glibc, otherwise the oldest in the Gentoo tree</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>

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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 2.43.9999 2.42.9999 2.42
audit ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
caps ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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. ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
custom-cflags ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
doc Build documentation and man pages. With this USE flag disabled, the --help parameter for perf and its sub-tools will not be available. This is optional because it depends on a few documentation handling tools that are not always welcome on user systems. ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
multiarch enable optimizations for multiple CPU architectures (detected at runtime) ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
multilib ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
old-kernel Support the oldest kernel also supported by upstream glibc, otherwise the oldest in the Gentoo tree ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
perl Install additional scripts written in Perl ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
profile ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
selinux ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ⚠️ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
suid Make internal pt_chown helper setuid -- not needed if using Linux and have /dev/pts mounted with gid=5 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
systemd ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
vanilla ⚠️ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST glibc-2.42.tar.xz 19930508 bytes 2.42
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST gcc-multilib-bootstrap-20201208.tar.xz 5528452 bytes
DIST glibc-2.42-patches-1.tar.xz 19368 bytes
DIST glibc-systemd-20210729.tar.gz 1480 bytes