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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 10:36:45
Message-Id: 5375E9ED.4040200@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux by Mick
1 On 16/05/14 10:34, Mick wrote:
2 > I got this message after an update:
3 >
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 >
9 > I understand that wall has been moved from sys-apps/sysvinit to sys-apps/util-
10 > linux, but I am not sure why USE=-tty-helpers is disabled as a default. I
11 > couldn't find anything mentioning this in gentoo-dev, but this could just be
12 > my poor searching skills. Does anyone know?
13 >
14
15 Because upstream util-linux disables tty-helpers by default regarding
16 it's ./configure --help,
17 as they are not deemed important commands
18
19 - Samuli

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Re: [gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>