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You are here: Portage

Details of dev-libs/glib:

Description: The GLib library of C routines
Homepage: https://www.gtk.org/

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glib-2.86.1

dbus
debug
+elf
doc
+introspection
+mime
selinux
static-libs
sysprof
systemtap
test
utils
xattr

Some tests will be skipped due to missing terminal program
Tests for search-utils have been skipped
Updating of GIO modules cache skipped due to cross-compilation.
You might want to run gio-querymodules manually on the target for
your final image for performance reasons and re-run it when packages
installing GIO modules get upgraded or added to the image.
glib no longer installs the gio-launch-desktop binary. You may need
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glib-2.84.4-r1

dbus
debug
+elf
doc
+introspection
+mime
selinux
static-libs
sysprof
systemtap
test
utils
xattr

Some tests will be skipped due to missing terminal program
Tests for search-utils have been skipped
Updating of GIO modules cache skipped due to cross-compilation.
You might want to run gio-querymodules manually on the target for
your final image for performance reasons and re-run it when packages
installing GIO modules get upgraded or added to the image.
glib no longer installs the gio-launch-desktop binary. You may need
to restart your session for \

show

glib-2.84.4

dbus
debug
+elf
doc
+introspection
+mime
selinux
static-libs
sysprof
systemtap
test
utils
xattr

Some tests will be skipped due to missing terminal program
Tests for search-utils have been skipped
Updating of GIO modules cache skipped due to cross-compilation.
You might want to run gio-querymodules manually on the target for
your final image for performance reasons and re-run it when packages
installing GIO modules get upgraded or added to the image.
glib no longer installs the gio-launch-desktop binary. You may need
to restart your session for \

show

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Known bugs:

bug ID	component	assigned to	status	description	last change
370087	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.12.2: MAKEOPTS=-s: ld hits internal error at bfd/elf32-i386.c:2946:elf_i386_relocat	2012-04-13 23:36:33
373105	Applications	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.5.1-r1 GLib, Gtk, Gdk assertions fail	2013-02-04 12:40:26
373295	Unspecified	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.12.2: building glibc interrupted in OpenVZ container, also tried rebuilding system	2011-12-22 22:40:58
373847	Applications	hanno	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gimp-2.6.11-r1: crash on startup with error GLib-WARNING ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or	2011-10-22 18:15:20
380649	Ebuilds	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/bglibs-1.106-r1 : add sys-devel/libtool in DEPEND	2011-08-25 15:06:05
384031	Applications	chutzpah	UNCONFIRMED	net-analyzer/pchar[pcap] fails to build (possibly glibc version related)	2012-08-20 03:39:32
384981	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc has missing dev-util/gperf DEPEND	2011-10-01 06:54:54
393159	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4: fails tests	2012-08-14 16:22:49
395481	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r1: stdlib/tst-putenv.out test failure	2012-08-14 16:23:11
395609	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3-r2 is aware but does not honor libssp USE flag, breaking glibc upgrades	2012-01-30 01:11:12
401677	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc[selinux]: /usr/sbin/nscd automagically depends on sys-process/audit and sys-libs/libc	2012-02-03 10:35:37
403051	Applications	mr_bones_	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gqview-2.1.5 - ld: pan-calendar.o: undefined reference to symbol 'sqrt@@GLIBC_2.0'	2012-02-13 12:03:19
416827	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib - CFLAGS="-fplugin=/usr/lib64/llvm/dragonegg.so" - gbitlock.c:210:3: sorry, unimplemen	2012-09-28 13:05:51
417995	Ebuilds	graphics	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gimageview-0.2.27-r3: 'pow@@GLIBC_2.0' is defined in DSO /lib/libm.so.	2012-05-28 16:32:51
426306	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3: tests failed	2012-11-10 09:00:26
426380	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/cglib-{2.2.2,3.0} version bump request	2012-08-18 14:17:39
427178	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3 - grsec: Invalid alignment/Bus error occurred at 00000301ad4cb768 in /lib64	2012-11-02 18:28:59
430042	Ebuilds	net-im	UNCONFIRMED	x11-plugins/purple-plugin_pack-2.7.0 should depend on dev-libs/json-glib	2012-08-07 03:36:54
430722	Prefix Support	prefix	UNCONFIRMED	dev-util/pkgconfig: (prefix) libtool uses wrong libglib-2.0.so	2012-08-14 16:51:03
432020	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2: /var/db/services.db causes infinite loop in getaddrinfo()	2012-12-30 21:01:03
432872	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2 - `getent passwd': segmentation fault in __rawmemchr_sse2 () at ../sysdeps/x8	2012-08-29 23:15:08
434856	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2 causes random binaries to segfault on arm	2013-01-24 03:31:09
435732	Applications	jer	UNCONFIRMED	x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.15 - glibc detected *** urxvtd: malloc(): smallbin double linked list corru	2013-01-05 22:08:43
438620	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1 - src_test(): FAIL: run-assert-msg-test.sh	2012-10-17 17:36:06
438692	Core system	ldap-bugs	UNCONFIRMED	sys-auth/nss_ldap-265-r1 with sys-libs/glibc-2.16.0 - /bin/login: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libnss	2013-01-23 18:05:21
439344	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib USE=-utils should not install gtester-report man page	2012-10-23 10:09:12
439728	Core system	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	net-misc/ntp with sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3 - ntpq -p: Request timed out	2012-10-26 16:32:10
445328	Development	dotnet	UNCONFIRMED	dev-dotnet/glib-sharp-2.12.10 - libtool: Version mismatch error. This is libtool 2.4.2, but the libt	2012-11-30 12:34:52
447102	Applications	idl0r	UNCONFIRMED	net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.9 throws glib.GError: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '	2012-12-13 14:34:59
449948	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc - inner-net license is of a boolean non-free nature	2013-01-03 12:47:26
450714	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.16.0: /usr/include/bits/stdlib-ldbl.h:35:1: error: 'qecvt' undeclared here (not in	2013-01-20 01:23:38
450930	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	glib-2.34.x causes nautilus-2.32 to consume 1 whole core when attempting to display thumbnails	2013-02-20 16:36:03
451488	Prefix Support	prefix	UNCONFIRMED	bootstrap tar-1.26 fails with glibc 2.16 (no gets)	2013-02-03 08:06:36
451922	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3 installs despite test failures	2013-01-16 02:40:16
452828	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2 - dmesg: * glibc detected * dmesg: double free or corruption (!prev):	2013-01-18 16:31:50
453208	Applications	wired	UNCONFIRMED	www-client/uzbl-9999 - src/uzbl-core.h:16:25: fatal error: glib/gstdio.h: No such file or directory	2013-01-21 19:18:42
453514	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3: nscd initscript fails while daemon starts	2013-01-22 22:51:57
454200	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.17 breaks almost all binaries - error while loading shared libraries: libgcc_s.so.1	2013-02-09 05:39:00
455832	Applications	mozilla	UNCONFIRMED	mail-client/thunderbird-bin-17.0.2 should RDEPEND on dev-libs/dbus-glib	2013-02-06 13:57:55
455990	Applications	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	app-shells/bash=4.2_p37 - segfault when script aborted - * glibc detected * double free or corru	2013-02-08 23:10:35
456912	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.17 - remove patch 6600_mips_librt-mips.patch	2013-02-18 19:15:45
457624	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-3.6.1 has incorrect dependency on dev-cpp/glibmm	2013-02-14 21:52:35
457656	Applications	nikoli	UNCONFIRMED	media-sound/clementine (while scanning media) - segfault in TagLib::File::find(TagLib::ByteVector co	2013-02-15 15:57:13
457970	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib-2.34.3 now depends on docbook	2013-02-17 16:42:43
458020	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	[toolchain overlay] sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1 does not compile with up to date gcc and binutils (via cros	2013-02-18 04:43:58
458270	KDE	kde	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/qt-gstreamer-0.10.2: QtGLib requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.5 as RDEPEND (libstdc++.so.6)	2013-02-19 11:59:44

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2026-01-16

alsa-lib - 1.2.15.3

Ebuild name:

media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.15.3

Description

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Library

Added to portage

2026-01-16

alsa-topology-conf - 1.2.5.1-r1

Ebuild name:

media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-r1

Description

ALSA topology configuration files

Added to portage

2026-01-16

alsa-ucm-conf - 1.2.15.3

Ebuild name:

media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.15.3

Description

ALSA ucm configuration files

Added to portage

2026-01-16

aseprite - 1.3.16.1

Ebuild name:

dev-games/aseprite-1.3.16.1

Description

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool

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2026-01-16

babl - 0.1.120

Ebuild name:

media-libs/babl-0.1.120

Description

A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library

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2026-01-16

blake3 - 1.8.3

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/blake3-1.8.3

Description

a fast cryptographic hash function

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2026-01-16

capstone - 6.0.0_alpha6

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/capstone-6.0.0_alpha6

Description

disassembly/disassembler framework + bindings

Added to portage

2026-01-16

gajim - 2.4.2

Ebuild name:

net-im/gajim-2.4.2

Description

GTK XMPP Client

Added to portage

2026-01-16

icecast - 2.5.0

Ebuild name:

net-misc/icecast-2.5.0

Description

Opensource alternative to shoutcast that supports mp3, ogg and aac streaming

Added to portage

2026-01-16

ktls-utils - 1.3.0

Ebuild name:

net-misc/ktls-utils-1.3.0

Description

Kernel TLS helper utilities

Added to portage

2026-01-16

libigloo - 0.9.5

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libigloo-0.9.5

Description

Generic framework for C development - used by the Icecast project

Added to portage

2026-01-16

libnice - 0.1.23

Ebuild name:

net-libs/libnice-0.1.23

Description

Implementation of the Interactice Connectivity Establishment standard (ICE)

Added to portage

2026-01-16

libnvidia-container - 1.18.1

Ebuild name:

sys-libs/libnvidia-container-1.18.1

Description

NVIDIA container runtime library

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2026-01-16

ltrace - 0.8.1

Ebuild name:

dev-debug/ltrace-0.8.1

Description

trace library calls made at runtime

Added to portage

2026-01-16

mysql-connector-c - 8.0.36-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-db/mysql-connector-c-8.0.36-r1

Description

C client library for MariaDB/MySQL

Added to portage

2026-01-16

mysql-connector-c - 8.0.41-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-db/mysql-connector-c-8.0.41-r1

Description

C client library for MariaDB/MySQL

Added to portage

2026-01-16

nvidia-container-toolkit - 1.18.1

Ebuild name:

app-containers/nvidia-container-toolkit-1.18.1

Description

NVIDIA container runtime toolkit

Added to portage

2026-01-16

openpgp-keys-alsa - 20260116

Ebuild name:

sec-keys/openpgp-keys-alsa-20260116

Description

OpenPGP keys used by the Alsa Project

Added to portage

2026-01-16

openpgp-keys-dwz - 20260115

Ebuild name:

sec-keys/openpgp-keys-dwz-20260115

Description

OpenPGP key used to sign dwz releases

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2026-01-16

openpgp-keys-less - 20260115

Ebuild name:

sec-keys/openpgp-keys-less-20260115

Description

OpenPGP keys used by less

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2026-01-16

openpgp-keys-smartmontools - 20260116

Ebuild name:

sec-keys/openpgp-keys-smartmontools-20260116

Description

OpenPGP key used to sign smartmontools releases

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2026-01-16

openpgp-keys-tytso - 20260115

Ebuild name:

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Description

OpenPGP keys used by Theodore Ts'o

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2026-01-16

pdns-recursor - 5.3.4

Ebuild name:

net-dns/pdns-recursor-5.3.4

Description

The PowerDNS Recursor

Added to portage

2026-01-16

pipewire - 1.4.9-r3

Ebuild name:

media-video/pipewire-1.4.9-r3

Description

Multimedia processing graphs

Added to portage

2026-01-16

sccache - 0.13.0

Ebuild name:

dev-util/sccache-0.13.0

Description

ccache/distcc like tool with support for rust and cloud storage

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2026-01-16

sssd - 2.12.0

Ebuild name:

sys-auth/sssd-2.12.0

Description

System Security Services Daemon provides access to identity and authentication

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2026-01-16

systemd-utils - 259

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/systemd-utils-259

Description

Utilities split out from systemd for OpenRC users

Added to portage

2026-01-16

termsyn - 1.8.7-r1

Ebuild name:

media-fonts/termsyn-1.8.7-r1

Description

Monospaced font based on terminus and tamsyn

Added to portage

2026-01-16

trojan - 1.16.0-r4

Ebuild name:

net-proxy/trojan-1.16.0-r4

Description

An unidentifiable mechanism that helps you bypass GFW

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2026-01-16

yara-x - 1.11.0

Ebuild name:

app-forensics/yara-x-1.11.0

Description

A malware identification and classification tool

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2026-01-16

zen-sources - 6.18.4

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/zen-sources-6.18.4

Description

The Zen Kernel Live Sources

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2026-01-16

zen-sources - 6.18.5

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/zen-sources-6.18.5

Description

The Zen Kernel Live Sources

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2026-01-16

2026-01-15

alembic - 1.18.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/alembic-1.18.1

Description

Database migrations tool, written by the author of SQLAlchemy

Added to portage

2026-01-15

atuin - 18.11.0

Ebuild name:

app-shells/atuin-18.11.0

Description

Shell history manager supporting encrypted synchronisation

Added to portage

2026-01-15

awscli - 1.44.18

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-1.44.18

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

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2026-01-15

boto3 - 1.42.28

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boto3-1.42.28

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

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2026-01-15

botocore - 1.42.28

Ebuild name:

dev-python/botocore-1.42.28

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

Added to portage

2026-01-15

chef-utils - 18.9.4

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/chef-utils-18.9.4

Description

Basic utility functions for Core Chef Infra development

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2026-01-15

claude-code - 2.1.8

Ebuild name:

dev-util/claude-code-2.1.8

Description

Claude Code - an agentic coding tool by Anthropic

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2026-01-15

deno-bin - 2.6.5

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/deno-bin-2.6.5

Description

Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript

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2026-01-15

dict2xml - 1.7.8

Ebuild name:

dev-python/dict2xml-1.7.8

Description

Small utility to convert a python dictionary into an XML string

Added to portage

2026-01-15

django-polymorphic - 4.10.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/django-polymorphic-4.10.2

Description

Seamless Polymorphic Inheritance for Django Models

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2026-01-15

egl-gbm - 1.1.3

Ebuild name:

gui-libs/egl-gbm-1.1.3

Description

NVIDIA GBM EGL external platform library

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2026-01-15

fastfetch - 2.57.1

Ebuild name:

app-misc/fastfetch-2.57.1

Description

Fast neofetch-like system information tool

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2026-01-15

fido2 - 2.1.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/fido2-2.1.0

Description

Python based FIDO 2.0 library

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2026-01-15

jupyter-server-terminals - 0.5.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/jupyter-server-terminals-0.5.4

Description

A Jupyter Server Extension Providing Terminals

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2026-01-15

librt - 0.7.8

Ebuild name:

dev-python/librt-0.7.8

Description

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2026-01-15

mattermost-desktop-bin - 6.0.3_rc1

Ebuild name:

net-im/mattermost-desktop-bin-6.0.3_rc1

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2026-01-15

mothur - 1.48.2

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sci-biology/mothur-1.48.2

Description

Suite of algorithms for ecological bioinformatics

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2026-01-15

oidc-agent - 5.3.4

Ebuild name:

net-misc/oidc-agent-5.3.4

Description

Agent and tools for managing OpenID Connect tokens on the command line

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2026-01-15

osm - 1.9

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/osm-1.9

Description

OpenStreetMap tile-based viewer for GNU Emacs

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2026-01-15

pandas - 3.0.0_rc2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pandas-3.0.0_rc2

Description

Powerful data structures for data analysis and statistics

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2026-01-15

parser - 3.3.10.1

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/parser-3.3.10.1

Description

A production-ready Ruby parser written in pure Ruby

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2026-01-15

pixi - 0.63.0

Ebuild name:

dev-util/pixi-0.63.0

Description

A package management and workflow tool

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2026-01-15

plotly - 6.5.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/plotly-6.5.2

Description

Browser-based graphing library for Python

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2026-01-15

prometheus-client - 0.24.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/prometheus-client-0.24.1

Description

Python client for the Prometheus monitoring system

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2026-01-15

regex - 2026.1.15

Ebuild name:

dev-python/regex-2026.1.15

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Alternative regular expression module to replace re

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2026-01-15

resolv-replace - 0.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/resolv-replace-0.2.0

Description

Replace Socket DNS with Resolv

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2026-01-15

ruby - 3.2.10

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/ruby-3.2.10

Description

An object-oriented scripting language

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2026-01-15

send2trash - 2.1.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/send2trash-2.1.0

Description

Sends files to the Trash (or Recycle Bin)

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2026-01-15

sphinx-pytest - 0.3.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/sphinx-pytest-0.3.0

Description

Helpful pytest fixtures for Sphinx extensions

Added to portage

2026-01-15

synapse - 1.145.0

Ebuild name:

net-im/synapse-1.145.0

Description

Reference implementation of Matrix homeserver

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2026-01-15

tifffile - 2026.1.14

Ebuild name:

dev-python/tifffile-2026.1.14

Description

Read and write TIFF files

Added to portage

2026-01-15

translate-toolkit - 3.18.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/translate-toolkit-3.18.1

Description

Toolkit to convert between many translation formats

Added to portage

2026-01-15

trove-classifiers - 2026.1.14.14

Ebuild name:

dev-python/trove-classifiers-2026.1.14.14

Description

Canonical source for classifiers on PyPI (pypi.org)

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2026-01-15

xcp - 0.24.2

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/xcp-0.24.2

Description

A 'cp' alternative with user-friendly feedback and performance optimisations

Added to portage

2026-01-15

yamllint - 1.38.0

Ebuild name:

dev-util/yamllint-1.38.0

Description

A linter for YAML files

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2026-01-15

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