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 - Samuli
