util-linux
Various useful Linux utilities
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⚠ Security advisories affect this package: GLSA 202401-08
Available in
| Overlay | Newest | Ebuilds | Last activity | |
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| gentoo gitweb ↗ | 2.42.2 | 6 | 14 h | details › |
Versions & arches
| Version | Overlay | amd64 | arm64 | x86 | ppc64 | riscv | alpha | arm | arm64-macos | hppa | loong | m68k | mips | ppc | s390 | sparc | Committed | |
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| 9999 LIVE | gentoo | follows upstream — no keywords | — | view · download · history ↗ | ||||||||||||||
| 2.42.2 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm stable | arm64-macos testing | hppa testing | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc stable | s390 testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.42.1 | gentoo | amd64 testing | arm64 testing | x86 testing | ppc64 testing | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm testing | arm64-macos testing | hppa testing | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc testing | s390 testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.41.5 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm stable | arm64-macos testing | hppa testing | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc stable | s390 testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.41.4-r1 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 testing | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm testing | arm64-macos testing | hppa testing | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc testing | s390 testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.41.3-r1 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm stable | arm64-macos testing | hppa testing | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc stable | s390 testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
Use flags of 2.42.2
- audit Use sys-process/audit to emit audit messages about system changes
- build !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1]
- caps build setpriv helper (run programs with diff capabilities)
- +cramfs build mkfs/fsck helpers for cramfs filesystems
- cryptsetup Use sys-fs/cryptsetup to have built-in dm-verity in libmount
- fdformat build fdformat (floppy disk format)
- +hardlink build hardlink program
- kill build the kill program
- +logger build the logger program
- magic Add support for file type detection via magic bytes (usually via libmagic from sys-apps/file)
- ncurses Add ncurses support (console display library)
- nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
- pam build runuser helper
- python Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
- +readline Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
- rtas Add support for the Run Time Abstraction Services (RTAS)
- selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
- slang Add support for the slang text display library (it's like ncurses, but different)
- static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
- +su build the su program
- +suid Install some programs with suid bit set to provide additional functionality. mount/umount: non-root users may mount/umount devices wall/write: non-root users can notify other users su: non-root users may become root
- systemd Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking
- test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
- tty-helpers install the mesg/wall/write tools for talking to local users
- udev Enable virtual/udev integration (device discovery, power and storage device support, etc)
- unicode Add support for Unicode
- uuidd build uuidd daemon
- verify-sig Verify upstream signatures on distfiles
11 expansion flags (python targets, ABIs, cpu flags…)
- python_targets_python3_12
- python_targets_python3_13
- python_targets_python3_14
- abi_x86_32
- abi_x86_64
- abi_x86_x32
- abi_mips_n32
- abi_mips_n64
- abi_mips_o32
- abi_s390_32
- abi_s390_64
Runtime dependencies of 2.42.2
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