portage

Usage

Use portage_mask, portage_use and portage_keywords resources to add or remove package flags or settings.

Requirements

Platform

This cookbook is intended for Gentoo Linux but should also work on Gentoo derivatives such as Funtoo and Calculate.
Please raise an issue if it doesn't work on your platform.

Resources and Providers

use, keywords, mask

This resource allows you to add or remove /etc/portage/package.* entries.

Actions

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Action</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>add</td>
<td>Adds an entry</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>remove</td>
<td>Removes an entry</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Attributes

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default Value</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>entry</td>
<td>
<b>Name attribute:</b> an entry to add or remove e.g.
<code>"=x11-libs/cairo-1.10.2-r3 X"</code>
</td>
<td><code>nil</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Examples

portage_use "sys-kernel/genkernel -cryptsetup"

portage_mask ">=net-libs/nodejs-0.9.0" do
  action :remove
end

portage_keywords "dev-db/mysql ~amd64"

make_conf_entry

This resource allows you to add, replace and delete /etc/portage/make.conf entries.

Actions

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Action</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>replace</td>
<td>Adds or replaces an entry</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>remove</td>
<td>Removes an entry</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Attributes

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default Value</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>entry</td>
<td>
<b>Name attribute:</b> a variable name to add/replace or remove e.g.
<code>"FEATURES"</code>
</td>
<td><code>nil</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>value</td>
<td>
Variable value (if you're adding/replacing one), e.g.
<code>'${FEATURES} parallel-fetch getbinpkg'</code>
</td>
<td><code>nil</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Examples

portage_make_conf_entry "FEATURES" do
  value '${FEATURES} parallel-fetch getbinpkg'
end

portage_make_conf_entry "PORTAGE_BINHOST" do
  action :remove
end

License

Copyright:: Vasily Mikhaylichenko and LxMx.

Licensed under BSD license.

http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause