Use net-firewall/iptables for connection sharing
Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)Īdd support for GObject based introspection Use sys-auth/elogind for session tracking Use dhclient from net-misc/dhcp for getting an IP via DHCP If you want to get meaningful backtraces see Support connection sharing (uses net-dns/dnsmasq)Įnable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. Enabling this USE flag will make those packages pull in net-misc/networkmanager automatically:Įnable support for Linux audit subsystem using sys-process/audit The networkmanager USE flag will enable support for NetworkManager in other packages. It also optionally integrates with systemd, upower, and others. On laptops and desktops, it is typically built with polkit to enable local users to configure it. NetworkManager requires an implementation of udev and D-Bus.
