portage-package-helper v1.1.1

portage-package-helper

Help you generate /etc/portage/package.* via /etc/portage/package.yaml.

Why use this tool?

Maintaining /etc/portage/package.* is painful. I need a way to generate them.

Installation

via NPM

npm install -g portage-package-helper

via wizard gentoo overlay

# Add overlay according https://github.com/m31271n/wizard
# then

emerge portage-package-helper

Usage

Create your own /etc/portage/package.yaml, for example:

misc-network-tools:
  accept_keywords:
    - net-misc/postman-bin ~amd64
    - net-p2p/webtorrent-desktop-bin ~amd64
    - net-analyzer/openbsd-netcat ~amd64
    - net-misc/ngrok-bin ~amd64
    - www-client/brave-bin ~amd64
  use:
    # metalink requires xmlrpc
    - net-misc/aria2 metalink xmlrpc bittorrent

misc-ops-tools:
  accept_keywords:
    - net-misc/sshrc ~amd64
    - sys-apps/inxi ~amd64

Generate /etc/portage/package.* with command pph:

pph

That's all.