12:55:16 <@xmw> would you mind joining USEs caps and filecaps in latest net-misc/iputils 12:57:05 <@xmw> defaults (caps off, filecaps on per eclass) doesn't allow ping for non-root. # emerge -pv iputils [ebuild R ] net-misc/iputils-20121221-r1 USE="filecaps ipv6 ssl -SECURITY_HAZARD -caps -doc -gnutls -idn -static" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Portage 2.2.10 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/developer, gcc-4.9.0, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.14.12-gentoo-headless.3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.14.12-gentoo-headless.3-x86_64-Intel_Core_2_Duo_P9xxx_-Penryn_Class_Core_2-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2008464 total, 89304 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2091744 free Timestamp of tree: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.24 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p47 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/python: 2.7.7, 3.2.5-r4, 3.3.5, 3.4.1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.14.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3 sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.0 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2-r1 sys-devel/make: 4.0-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.15 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.19-r1 Repositories: gentoo ceres xmw java lorem_ipsum ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf -mno-movbe -mno-aes -mno-pclmul -mno-popcnt -mno-abm -mno-lwp -mno-fma -mno-fma4 -mno-xop -mno-bmi -mno-bmi2 -mno-tbm -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -mno-sse4.2 -mno-sse4.1 -mno-lzcnt -mno-rdrnd -mno-f16c -mno-fsgsbase --param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param l2-cache-size=4096 -mtune=core2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/bin/trivdm /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb /var/spool/munin-async/.ssh" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf -mno-movbe -mno-aes -mno-pclmul -mno-popcnt -mno-abm -mno-lwp -mno-fma -mno-fma4 -mno-xop -mno-bmi -mno-bmi2 -mno-tbm -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -mno-sse4.2 -mno-sse4.1 -mno-lzcnt -mno-rdrnd -mno-f16c -mno-fsgsbase --param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param l2-cache-size=4096 -mtune=core2" DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=" --buildpkg y" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg cgroup collision-protect compress-build-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms sign split-log strict test-fail-continue unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://lore.xmw.de/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/var/cache/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/etc/portage/overlay /var/lib/layman/xmw /var/lib/layman/java /var/lib/layman/lorem_ipsum" SYNC="rsync://lore.xmw.de/gentoo-portage/" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx djvu dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk iconv ipv6 jbig jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds qt3support qt4 raw readline sdl session snmp spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd threads tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vim-syntax vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="intel-hda" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de en en_US en_GB" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i965 intel nvidia radeon" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USE_PYTHON="2.7 3.3 3.4" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
USE=caps & USE=filecaps are orthogonal that said, i can't reproduce the original claim: $ sudo USE='-caps filecaps' emerge iputils [ebuild R ] net-misc/iputils-20121221-r1::gentoo USE="filecaps ipv6 ssl -SECURITY_HAZARD -caps -doc -gnutls -idn -static" 0 KiB ... >>> net-misc/iputils-20121221-r1 merged. $ ping -c 1 localhost PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.032 ms --- localhost ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.032/0.032/0.032/0.000 ms