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Hello, |
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On my Linode VM in /etc/portage/package.use I have: |
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net-misc/iputils -caps -filecaps |
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I have no recollection of setting these flags, but `genlop -iputils ` gives an installation date 2 days after I signed up with Linode, which tends to suggest I installed the package. Or perhaps it was part of the original Linode Gentoo disk image, and I only updated iputils? |
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The USE flag descriptions are meaningless to me and so I have no idea why I might have set these flags, were it me who did so: |
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caps - Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege |
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filecaps - Use Linux file capabilities to control privilege rather than set*id (this is orthogonal to USE=caps which uses capabilities at runtime e.g. lib cap) |
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Can anyone possibly explain in simple terms what these USE flags do, and help identify what's best for me? |
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions, |
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Stroller. |