On Friday 16 May 2014 11:35:25 Samuli Suominen wrote:
> On 16/05/14 10:34, Mick wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> 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.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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