macOS
brew install genderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install gendersMacPorts ports tree · net/genders/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
brew install genderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install gendersMacPorts ports tree · net/genders/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
sudo apt install gendersDebian stable package indexes · genders · 来源: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install gendersFedora Rawhide package metadata · genders · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
sudo zypper install gendersopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · genders · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
Static cluster configuration database for cluster management
历史
Genders is a static cluster configuration database for high-performance computing and cluster administration. It stores node names and attributes in a replicated plain-text file, then lets tools such as `nodeattr` and libraries such as libgenders query those attributes locally.
Genders originated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Livermore Computing environment, with tutorial material dated June 19, 2000 and public repository history imported in 2001. The package was written around the needs of massively parallel processing clusters, where scripts needed to adapt to node roles without embedding hard-coded host lists.
The software grew from a plain cluster attribute file into a small ecosystem: libgenders in C, Perl APIs, `nodeattr`, compatibility scripts, and later C++, Java, Python, and other extension work. Its NEWS file records years of practical cluster-admin improvements, including hostrange support, query parsing, performance work for large clusters, and database compression or expansion commands.
The upstream tutorial says the framework has been useful on clusters ranging from two or three workstations to the 11,136 nodes in El Capitan. That statement captures its niche: Genders is not a general desktop utility, but it matters in HPC shops where a single node-attribute database can drive boot scripts, batch queue generation, parallel command targeting, and role-specific service startup.
Package-manager adoption across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and SUSE-family systems reflects its long-lived role as a small Unix administration primitive rather than a fast-moving end-user application.
Practitioners edit `/etc/genders` or another genders file to assign attributes such as compute, login, management, queue membership, network role, or route data to node names and host ranges. They then run `nodeattr` to list matching nodes, check whether the local node has an attribute, retrieve values, validate the database, or expand and compress host ranges.
The classic workflow is to replace brittle script logic with attribute queries: a common rc script can ask whether the node has the `login` or `raid` attribute, while batch configuration scripts can generate host lists from queue attributes.
Genders is package-nerd significant because it preserves an older but durable Unix cluster-management pattern: a replicated text database plus fast local query tools. Its value is not novelty; it is that administrators can carry the same simple file format and `nodeattr` command across clusters and distributions.
安全态势
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
orange 风险 · 中 置信度 · infrastructure
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local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/genders可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
nodeattr | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
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https://github.com/chaos/genders
安装元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:genders |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.32.1 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/genders |
| 主页 | https://github.com/chaos/genders |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/chaos/genders |
| 上游文档 | https://github.com/chaos/genders#readme |
| 许可证 | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://github.com/chaos/genders/archive/refs/tags/genders-1-32-1.tar.gz |
| 最后更新 | 2026-06-19T12:31:19-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | genders |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引,并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
genders 1.27-3-3.1
cluster configuration management database tools
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install genderslibgenders-perl 1.27-3-3.1
perl interface to the LLNL genders cluster management utilities
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders-perllibgenders0 1.27-3-3.1
C library for parsing and querying a genders database
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders0libgenders0-dev 1.27-3-3.1
development files for parsing and querying a genders database
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders0-devgenders 1.22-1build8
cluster configuration management database tools
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install genderslibgenders-perl 1.22-1build8
perl interface to the LLNL genders cluster management utilities
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders-perllibgenders0 1.22-1build8
C library for parsing and querying a genders database
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders0libgenders0-dev 1.22-1build8
development files for parsing and querying a genders database
https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/genders.html
sudo apt install libgenders0-devgenders 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Static cluster configuration database
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install gendersgenders-compat 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Compatibility library
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install genders-compatgenders-java 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Java libraries
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install genders-javagenders-java-devel 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Java Development libraries
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install genders-java-develgenders-javadoc 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Java Documentation
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install genders-javadocgenders-perl 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Perl libraries
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install genders-perllibgenders 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Genders libraries
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install libgenderslibgenders-devel 1.28.1~^20231119git27b915d-6.fc44
Genders development libraries
https://github.com/chaos/genders
sudo dnf install libgenders-devel来源线索
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