is a tool for managing rules in portage's package files.
eflag is designed to be easy and simple to use, making rule management of package files less cumbersome and error prone.
- Adding, deleting, and modifying rules on the fly.
- Does not require a category, only a package name.
- Converting package files from directory to file structure and vice versa.
- Simplicity and ease of use.
git clone https://github.com/axujen/eflag.git
cd eflag
sudo ./setup.py install # ./setup.py install --user to install without root privilege
Alternatively you can find an ebuild for it in this overlay
usage: eflag [-h] [-v] [-t] [-d] [-s] [-c] [-f] [atom] ...
Ease your /etc/portage/package.* file edition.
positional arguments:
atom atom or package name to be to work on
flags flags to be enabled for the atom, flags starting with % will be deleted (make sure to
single quote ** to prevent your shell from expanding it)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show program's version number and exit
-t , --type choose a package file type from {accept_keywords, env, keywords, license, mask,
properties, unmask, use}. Default: use
-d, --delete delete the sepecified atom from the rules
-s, --show show the rules listed in the package file
-c, --convert convert the current package file from file style to folder style and vice-versa
-f, --force force the script to pass the atom you specify even if its not matched in the portage
database
Ex:
eflag sys-apps/portage build doc Will add sys-apps/portage build doc to package.use
eflag sys-apps/portage %doc epydoc Will remove the doc flag and add the epydoc to sys-apps/portage
eflag sys-apps/portageWill remove the whole sys-apps/portage rule
Thanks to Pyntony for the original tool emod.
*Note: eflag is still in development, don't use it directly on your package files unless if you have a backup.