[gentoo-user] The writing on the wall ... sys-apps/util-linux

[Mick]

I got this message after an update:

* Messages for package sys-apps/util-linux-2.24.1-r2:

* The mesg/wall/write tools have been disabled due to USE=-tty-helpers.


I understand that wall has been moved from sys-apps/sysvinit to sys-apps/util-
linux, but I am not sure why USE=-tty-helpers is disabled as a default. I
couldn't find anything mentioning this in gentoo-dev, but this could just be
my poor searching skills. Does anyone know?

[Samuli Suominen]

Post by Mick
* The mesg/wall/write tools have been disabled due to USE=-tty-helpers.
I understand that wall has been moved from sys-apps/sysvinit to sys-apps/util-
linux, but I am not sure why USE=-tty-helpers is disabled as a default. I
couldn't find anything mentioning this in gentoo-dev, but this could just be
my poor searching skills. Does anyone know?

Because upstream util-linux disables tty-helpers by default regarding
it's ./configure --help,
as they are not deemed important commands

- Samuli

[Mick]

Post by Samuli Suominen

Post by Mick
* The mesg/wall/write tools have been disabled due to USE=-tty-helpers.
I understand that wall has been moved from sys-apps/sysvinit to
sys-apps/util- linux, but I am not sure why USE=-tty-helpers is disabled
as a default. I couldn't find anything mentioning this in gentoo-dev,
but this could just be my poor searching skills. Does anyone know?

Because upstream util-linux disables tty-helpers by default regarding
it's ./configure --help,
as they are not deemed important commands

I see. Thank you Samuli for your reply.