sys-libs/libcap-ng

Advanced POSIX 1003.1e capabilities library and tools.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
0 0.8.5 arbor ~amd64 ~arm ~armv7 ~armv8 ~x86

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Homepage https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
Summary Advanced POSIX 1003.1e capabilities library and tools
Description The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming with POSIX capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library. It includes utilities that can analyse all currently running applications and print out any capabilities and whether or not it has an open ended bounding set. An open bounding set without the securebits "NOROOT" flag will allow full capabilities escalation for apps retaining UID 0 simply by calling 'execve'.
Dependencies (
    (
        build:
        sys-kernel/linux-headers
        python? (
            dev-lang/swig[python_abis:*(-)?]
        )
        build+run:
        sys-apps/attr
    )
    (
        build+run:
        python? (
            python_abis:3.9? (
                dev-lang/python:3.9
            )
            python_abis:3.10? (
                dev-lang/python:3.10
            )
            python_abis:3.11? (
                dev-lang/python:3.11
            )
            python_abis:3.12? (
                dev-lang/python:3.12
            )
            python_abis:3.13? (
                dev-lang/python:3.13
            )
        )
    )
)
Downloads https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-0.8.5.tar.gz
Licences (
    GPL-2
    LGPL-2.1
)

Choices

OPTIONS

debug Turn on debugging
python Install Python bindings (requires swig)

python_abis

3.10 Use Python ABI 3.10
3.11 Use Python ABI 3.11
3.12 Use Python ABI 3.12
3.13 Use Python ABI 3.13
3.9 Use Python ABI 3.9