avahi

Description:System which facilitates service discovery on a local network
License: LGPL-2.1
Homepage:https://avahi.org/
Location:Portage
Legend:
  • + - stable
  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86
0.8-r7 ~ + + + ~ - ~ + + ~ - + +

USE flags

  • abi_mips_n32 - 64-bit (32-bit pointer) libraries
  • abi_mips_n64 - 64-bit libraries
  • abi_mips_o32 - 32-bit libraries
  • abi_s390_32 - 32-bit (s390) libraries
  • abi_s390_64 - 64-bit (s390x) libraries
  • abi_x86_32 - 32-bit (x86) libraries
  • abi_x86_64 - 64-bit (amd64) libraries
  • abi_x86_x32 - x32 ABI libraries
  • autoipd - Build and install the IPv4LL (RFC3927) network address configuration daemon
  • bookmarks - Install the avahi-bookmarks application (requires dev-python/twisted)
  • dbus - Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
  • doc - Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
  • gdbm - Add support for sys-libs/gdbm (GNU database libraries)
  • gtk - Use gtk3 for the avahi utilities to build the avahi-ui-gtk3 library
  • howl-compat - Enable compat libraries for howl
  • introspection - Add support for GObject based introspection
  • ipv6 - Add support for IP version 6
  • mdnsresponder-compat - Enable compat libraries for mDNSResponder
  • mono - Build Mono bindings to support dotnet type stuff
  • nls - Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
  • python - Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
  • python_single_target_python3_10 - Build for Python 3.10 only
  • python_single_target_python3_11 - Build for Python 3.11 only
  • python_single_target_python3_9 - Build for Python 3.9 only
  • qt5 - Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • systemd - Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking
  • test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
over 12 years normal Avahi: Denial of Service
about 15 years normal Avahi: Denial of Service
over 15 years normal Avahi: Denial of Service
over 17 years normal Avahi: "netlink" message vulnerability

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