portage

Description:The package management and distribution system for Gentoo
License: GPL-2
Homepage:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage
Location:Portage
Legend:
  • + - stable
  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86
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3.0.49-r2 diff ~ + + + ~ ~ ~ + + ~ - + +
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3.0.45.3-r2 ~ + + + ~ ~ ~ + + ~ - + +

USE flags

  • apidoc - Build html API documentation with sphinx-apidoc.
  • build - !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1]
  • debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
  • doc - Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
  • gentoo-dev - Enable features required for Gentoo ebuild development.
  • ipc - Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds.
  • native-extensions - Compiles native "C" extensions (speedups, instead of using python backup code). Currently includes libc-locales. This should only be temporarily disabled for some bootstrapping operations. Cross-compilation is not supported.
  • python_targets_pypy3 - Build with PyPy3
  • python_targets_python3_10 - Build with Python 3.10
  • python_targets_python3_11 - Build with Python 3.11
  • python_targets_python3_12 - Build with Python 3.12
  • python_targets_python3_9 - Build with Python 3.9
  • rsync-verify - Enable full-tree cryptographic verification of Gentoo repository rsync checkouts using app-portage/gemato.
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
  • xattr - Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
almost 5 years normal Portage: Man-in-the-middle
over 8 years normal Portage: Man-in-the-middle attack
over 15 years high Portage: Untrusted search path local root vulnerability
over 16 years normal Portage: Information disclosure
over 19 years normal Portage, Gentoolkit: Temporary file vulnerabilities
almost 20 years normal Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage

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