Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:44:38
Message-Id: 201405161344.28522.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux by Samuli Suominen
1 On Friday 16 May 2014 11:35:25 Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 > On 16/05/14 10:34, Mick wrote:
3 > > I got this message after an update:
4 > > * Messages for package sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2:
5 > >
6 > > * The mesg/wall/write tools have been disabled due to USE=-tty-helpers.
7 > >
8 > > I understand that wall has been moved from sys-apps/sysvinit to
9 > > sys-apps/util- linux, but I am not sure why USE=-tty-helpers is disabled
10 > > as a default. I couldn't find anything mentioning this in gentoo-dev,
11 > > but this could just be my poor searching skills. Does anyone know?
12 >
13 > Because upstream util-linux disables tty-helpers by default regarding
14 > it's ./configure --help,
15 > as they are not deemed important commands
16
17
18 I see. Thank you Samuli for your reply.
19
20 --
21 Regards,
22 Mick

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