coreutils

USE flags

• acl - Add support for Access Control Lists
• caps - Add Linux capabilities support in output of file utilities (ls, dir, ...) via sys-libs/libcap
• gmp - Add support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library)
• hostname - Build the hostname program
• kill - Build the kill program
• multicall - Build all tools into a single `coreutils` program akin to busybox to save space
• nls - Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
• selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
• split-usr - Enable this if /bin and /usr/bin are separate directories
• static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically
• test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
• unicode - Add support for Unicode
• userland_BSD - USERLAND setting for systems using BSDish userland (FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD DragonFly)
• vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
• xattr - Add support for extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)

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