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+# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from portage.const import _ENABLE_DYN_LINK_MAP
+from portage.output import bold, turquoise, green
+
+def shorthelp():
+ print(bold("emerge:")+" the other white meat (command-line interface to the Portage system)")
+ print(bold("Usage:"))
+ print(" "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] [ "+turquoise("ebuild")+" | "+turquoise("tbz2")+" | "+turquoise("file")+" | "+turquoise("@set")+" | "+turquoise("atom")+" ] [ ... ]")
+ print(" "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] < "+turquoise("system")+" | "+turquoise("world")+" >")
+ print(" "+turquoise("emerge")+" < "+turquoise("--sync")+" | "+turquoise("--metadata")+" | "+turquoise("--info")+" >")
+ print(" "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--resume")+" [ "+green("--pretend")+" | "+green("--ask")+" | "+green("--skipfirst")+" ]")
+ print(" "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--help")+" [ "+green("--verbose")+" ] ")
+ print(bold("Options:")+" "+green("-")+"["+green("abBcCdDefgGhjkKlnNoOpPqrsStuvV")+"]")
+ print(" [ " + green("--color")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" > ] [ "+green("--columns")+" ]")
+ print(" [ "+green("--complete-graph")+" ] [ "+green("--deep")+" ]")
+ print(" [ "+green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("JOBS")+" ] [ "+green("--keep-going")+" ] [ " + green("--load-average")+" " + turquoise("LOAD") + " ]")
+ print(" [ "+green("--newuse")+" ] [ "+green("--noconfmem")+" ] [ "+green("--nospinner")+" ]")
+ print(" [ "+green("--oneshot")+" ] [ "+green("--onlydeps")+" ]")
+ print(" [ "+green("--reinstall ")+turquoise("changed-use")+" ] [ " + green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" > ]")
+ print(bold("Actions:")+" [ "+green("--depclean")+" | "+green("--list-sets")+" | "+green("--search")+" | "+green("--sync")+" | "+green("--version")+" ]")
+
+def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
+ # TODO: Implement a wrap() that accounts for console color escape codes.
+ from textwrap import wrap
+ desc_left_margin = 14
+ desc_indent = desc_left_margin * " "
+ desc_width = 80 - desc_left_margin - 5
+ if "--verbose" not in myopts:
+ shorthelp()
+ print()
+ print(" For more help try 'emerge --help --verbose' or consult the man page.")
+ else:
+ shorthelp()
+ print()
+ print(turquoise("Help (this screen):"))
+ print(" "+green("--help")+" ("+green("-h")+" short option)")
+ print(" Displays this help; an additional argument (see above) will tell")
+ print(" emerge to display detailed help.")
+ print()
+ print(turquoise("Actions:"))
+ print(" "+green("--clean"))
+ print(" Cleans the system by removing outdated packages which will not")
+ print(" remove functionalities or prevent your system from working.")
+ print(" The arguments can be in several different formats :")
+ print(" * world ")
+ print(" * system or")
+ print(" * 'dependency specification' (in single quotes is best.)")
+ print(" Here are a few examples of the dependency specification format:")
+ print(" "+bold("binutils")+" matches")
+ print(" binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+ print(" "+bold("sys-devel/binutils")+" matches")
+ print(" binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+ print(" "+bold(">sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches")
+ print(" binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+ print(" "+bold(">=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches")
+ print(" binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+ print(" "+bold("<=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")+" matches")
+ print(" binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--config"))
+ print(" Runs package-specific operations that must be executed after an")
+ print(" emerge process has completed. This usually entails configuration")
+ print(" file setup or other similar setups that the user may wish to run.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--depclean")+" ("+green("-c")+" short option)")
+
+ paragraph = "Cleans the system by removing packages that are " + \
+ "not associated with explicitly merged packages. Depclean works " + \
+ "by creating the full dependency tree from the " + \
+ "@world set, then comparing it to installed packages. Packages " + \
+ "installed, but not part of the dependency tree, will be " + \
+ "uninstalled by depclean. See --with-bdeps for behavior with " + \
+ "respect to build time dependencies that are not strictly " + \
+ "required. Packages that are part of the world set will " + \
+ "always be kept. They can be manually added to this set with " + \
+ "emerge --noreplace <atom>. As a safety measure, depclean " + \
+ "will not remove any packages unless *all* required dependencies " + \
+ "have been resolved. As a consequence, it is often necessary to " + \
+ "run emerge --update --newuse --deep @world " + \
+ "prior to depclean."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+
+ paragraph = "WARNING: Inexperienced users are advised to use " + \
+ "--pretend with this option in order to see a preview of which " + \
+ "packages will be uninstalled. Always study the list of packages " + \
+ "to be cleaned for any obvious mistakes. Note that packages " + \
+ "listed in package.provided (see portage(5)) may be removed by " + \
+ "depclean, even if they are part of the world set."
+
+ paragraph += " Also note that " + \
+ "depclean may break link level dependencies"
+
+ if _ENABLE_DYN_LINK_MAP:
+ paragraph += ", especially when the " + \
+ "--depclean-lib-check option is disabled"
+
+ paragraph += ". Thus, it is " + \
+ "recommended to use a tool such as revdep-rebuild(1) " + \
+ "in order to detect such breakage."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+
+ paragraph = "Depclean serves as a dependency aware version of " + \
+ "--unmerge. When given one or more atoms, it will unmerge " + \
+ "matched packages that have no reverse dependencies. Use " + \
+ "--depclean together with --verbose to show reverse dependencies."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--deselect") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+
+ paragraph = \
+ "Remove atoms and/or sets from the world file. This action is implied " + \
+ "by uninstall actions, including --depclean, " + \
+ "--prune and --unmerge. Use --deselect=n " + \
+ "in order to prevent uninstall actions from removing " + \
+ "atoms from the world file."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--ignore-default-opts"))
+
+ paragraph = \
+ "Causes EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS (see make.conf(5)) to be ignored."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--info"))
+ print(" Displays important portage variables that will be exported to")
+ print(" ebuild.sh when performing merges. This information is useful")
+ print(" for bug reports and verification of settings. All settings in")
+ print(" make.{conf,globals,defaults} and the environment show up if")
+ print(" run with the '--verbose' flag.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--list-sets"))
+ paragraph = "Displays a list of available package sets."
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--metadata"))
+ print(" Transfers metadata cache from ${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ to")
+ print(" /var/cache/edb/dep/ as is normally done on the tail end of an")
+ print(" rsync update using " + bold("emerge --sync") + ". This process populates the")
+ print(" cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of")
+ print(" package data. It does not populate cache for the overlays")
+ print(" listed in PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In order to generate cache for")
+ print(" overlays, use " + bold("--regen") + ".")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)")
+ print(" "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!"))
+ paragraph = "Removes all but the highest installed version of a " + \
+ "package from your system. Use --prune together with " + \
+ "--verbose to show reverse dependencies or with --nodeps " + \
+ "to ignore all dependencies. "
+
+ for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--regen"))
+ print(" Causes portage to check and update the dependency cache of all")
+ print(" ebuilds in the portage tree. This is not recommended for rsync")
+ print(" users as rsync updates the cache using server-side caches.")
+ print(" Rsync users should simply 'emerge --sync' to regenerate.")
+ desc = "In order to specify parallel --regen behavior, use "+ \
+ "the ---jobs and --load-average options. If you would like to " + \
+ "generate and distribute cache for use by others, use egencache(1)."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--resume")+" ("+green("-r")+" short option)")
+ print(" Resumes the most recent merge list that has been aborted due to an")
+ print(" error. Please note that this operation will only return an error")
+ print(" on failure. If there is nothing for portage to do, then portage")
+ print(" will exit with a message and a success condition. A resume list")
+ print(" will persist until it has been completed in entirety or until")
+ print(" another aborted merge list replaces it. The resume history is")
+ print(" capable of storing two merge lists. After one resume list")
+ print(" completes, it is possible to invoke --resume once again in order")
+ print(" to resume an older list.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--search")+" ("+green("-s")+" short option)")
+ print(" Searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local")
+ print(" portage tree. By default emerge uses a case-insensitive simple ")
+ print(" search, but you can enable a regular expression search by ")
+ print(" prefixing the search string with %.")
+ print(" Prepending the expression with a '@' will cause the category to")
+ print(" be included in the search.")
+ print(" A few examples:")
+ print(" "+bold("emerge --search libc"))
+ print(" list all packages that contain libc in their name")
+ print(" "+bold("emerge --search '%^kde'"))
+ print(" list all packages starting with kde")
+ print(" "+bold("emerge --search '%gcc$'"))
+ print(" list all packages ending with gcc")
+ print(" "+bold("emerge --search '%@^dev-java.*jdk'"))
+ print(" list all available Java JDKs")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--searchdesc")+" ("+green("-S")+" short option)")
+ print(" Matches the search string against the description field as well")
+ print(" the package's name. Take caution as the descriptions are also")
+ print(" matched as regular expressions.")
+ print(" emerge -S html")
+ print(" emerge -S applet")
+ print(" emerge -S 'perl.*module'")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--sync"))
+ desc = "This updates the portage tree that is located in the " + \
+ "directory that the PORTDIR variable refers to (default " + \
+ "location is /usr/portage). The SYNC variable specifies " + \
+ "the remote URI from which files will be synchronized. " + \
+ "The PORTAGE_SYNC_STALE variable configures " + \
+ "warnings that are shown when emerge --sync has not " + \
+ "been executed recently."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(desc_indent + turquoise("WARNING:"))
+ desc = "The emerge --sync action will modify and/or delete " + \
+ "files located inside the directory that the PORTDIR " + \
+ "variable refers to (default location is /usr/portage). " + \
+ "For more information, see the PORTDIR documentation in " + \
+ "the make.conf(5) man page."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(desc_indent + green("NOTE:"))
+ desc = "The emerge-webrsync program will download the entire " + \
+ "portage tree as a tarball, which is much faster than emerge " + \
+ "--sync for first time syncs."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--unmerge")+" ("+green("-C")+" short option)")
+ print(" "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!"))
+ print(" Removes all matching packages. This does no checking of")
+ print(" dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper")
+ print(" operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or")
+ print(" ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use")
+ print(" --depclean or --prune.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)")
+ print(" Displays the currently installed version of portage along with")
+ print(" other information useful for quick reference on a system. See")
+ print(" "+bold("emerge info")+" for more advanced information.")
+ print()
+ print(turquoise("Options:"))
+ print(" "+green("--accept-properties=ACCEPT_PROPERTIES"))
+ desc = "This option temporarily overrides the ACCEPT_PROPERTIES " + \
+ "variable. The ACCEPT_PROPERTIES variable is incremental, " + \
+ "which means that the specified setting is appended to the " + \
+ "existing value from your configuration. The special -* " + \
+ "token can be used to discard the existing configuration " + \
+ "value and start fresh. See the MASKED PACKAGES section " + \
+ "and make.conf(5) for more information about " + \
+ "ACCEPT_PROPERTIES. A typical usage example for this option " + \
+ "would be to use --accept-properties=-interactive to " + \
+ "temporarily mask interactive packages. With default " + \
+ "configuration, this would result in an effective " + \
+ "ACCEPT_PROPERTIES value of \"* -interactive\"."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--alphabetical"))
+ print(" When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled")
+ print(" and disabled flags into a single list and sorts it alphabetically.")
+ print(" With this option, output such as USE=\"dar -bar -foo\" will instead")
+ print(" be displayed as USE=\"-bar dar -foo\"")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--ask") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-a")))
+ desc = "Before performing the action, display what will take place (server info for " + \
+ "--sync, --pretend output for merge, and so forth), then ask " + \
+ "whether to proceed with the action or abort. Using --ask is more " + \
+ "efficient than using --pretend and then executing the same command " + \
+ "without --pretend, as dependencies will only need to be calculated once. " + \
+ "WARNING: If the \"Enter\" key is pressed at the prompt (with no other input), " + \
+ "it is interpreted as acceptance of the first choice. Note that the input " + \
+ "buffer is not cleared prior to the prompt, so an accidental press of the " + \
+ "\"Enter\" key at any time prior to the prompt will be interpreted as a choice! " + \
+ "Use the --ask-enter-invalid option if you want a single \"Enter\" key " + \
+ "press to be interpreted as invalid input."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--ask-enter-invalid"))
+ desc = "When used together with the --ask option, " + \
+ "interpret a single \"Enter\" key press as " + \
+ "invalid input. This helps prevent accidental " + \
+ "acceptance of the first choice. This option is " + \
+ "intended to be set in the make.conf(5) " + \
+ "EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variable."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--autounmask") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Automatically unmask packages and generate package.use " + \
+ "settings as necessary to satisfy dependencies. This " + \
+ "option is enabled by default. If any configuration " + \
+ "changes are required, then they will be displayed " + \
+ "after the merge list and emerge will immediately " + \
+ "abort. If the displayed configuration changes are " + \
+ "satisfactory, you should copy and paste them into " + \
+ "the specified configuration file(s), or enable the " + \
+ "--autounmask-write option. The " + \
+ "EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variable may be used to " + \
+ "disable this option by default in make.conf(5)."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--autounmask-write") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "If --autounmask is enabled, changes are written " + \
+ "to config files, respecting CONFIG_PROTECT and --ask."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--backtrack") + " " + turquoise("COUNT"))
+ desc = "Specifies an integer number of times to backtrack if " + \
+ "dependency calculation fails due to a conflict or an " + \
+ "unsatisfied dependency (default: '10')."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--binpkg-respect-use") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Tells emerge to ignore binary packages if their use flags" + \
+ " don't match the current configuration. (default: 'n')"
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--buildpkg") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-b")))
+ desc = "Tells emerge to build binary packages for all ebuilds processed in" + \
+ " addition to actually merging the packages. Useful for maintainers" + \
+ " or if you administrate multiple Gentoo Linux systems (build once," + \
+ " emerge tbz2s everywhere) as well as disaster recovery. The package" + \
+ " will be created in the" + \
+ " ${PKGDIR}/All directory. An alternative for already-merged" + \
+ " packages is to use quickpkg(1) which creates a tbz2 from the" + \
+ " live filesystem."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--buildpkgonly")+" ("+green("-B")+" short option)")
+ print(" Creates a binary package, but does not merge it to the")
+ print(" system. This has the restriction that unsatisfied dependencies")
+ print(" must not exist for the desired package as they cannot be used if")
+ print(" they do not exist on the system.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--changed-use"))
+ desc = "This is an alias for --reinstall=changed-use."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--changelog")+" ("+green("-l")+" short option)")
+ print(" When pretending, also display the ChangeLog entries for packages")
+ print(" that will be upgraded.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--color") + " < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >")
+ print(" Enable or disable color output. This option will override NOCOLOR")
+ print(" (see make.conf(5)) and may also be used to force color output when")
+ print(" stdout is not a tty (by default, color is disabled unless stdout")
+ print(" is a tty).")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--columns"))
+ print(" Display the pretend output in a tabular form. Versions are")
+ print(" aligned vertically.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--complete-graph") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "This causes emerge to consider the deep dependencies of all" + \
+ " packages from the world set. With this option enabled," + \
+ " emerge will bail out if it determines that the given operation will" + \
+ " break any dependencies of the packages that have been added to the" + \
+ " graph. Like the --deep option, the --complete-graph" + \
+ " option will significantly increase the time taken for dependency" + \
+ " calculations. Note that, unlike the --deep option, the" + \
+ " --complete-graph option does not cause any more packages to" + \
+ " be updated than would have otherwise " + \
+ "been updated with the option disabled. " + \
+ "Using --with-bdeps=y together with --complete-graph makes " + \
+ "the graph as complete as possible."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--config-root=DIR"))
+ desc = "Set the PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT environment variable " + \
+ "which is documented in the emerge(1) man page."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--debug")+" ("+green("-d")+" short option)")
+ print(" Tell emerge to run the ebuild command in --debug mode. In this")
+ print(" mode, the bash build environment will run with the -x option,")
+ print(" causing it to output verbose debug information print to stdout.")
+ print(" --debug is great for finding bash syntax errors as providing")
+ print(" very verbose information about the dependency and build process.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--deep") + " " + turquoise("[DEPTH]") + \
+ " (" + green("-D") + " short option)")
+ print(" This flag forces emerge to consider the entire dependency tree of")
+ print(" packages, instead of checking only the immediate dependencies of")
+ print(" the packages. As an example, this catches updates in libraries")
+ print(" that are not directly listed in the dependencies of a package.")
+ print(" Also see --with-bdeps for behavior with respect to build time")
+ print(" dependencies that are not strictly required.")
+ print()
+
+ if _ENABLE_DYN_LINK_MAP:
+ print(" " + green("--depclean-lib-check") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Account for library link-level dependencies during " + \
+ "--depclean and --prune actions. This " + \
+ "option is enabled by default. In some cases this can " + \
+ "be somewhat time-consuming. This option is ignored " + \
+ "when FEATURES=\"preserve-libs\" is enabled in " + \
+ "make.conf(5), since any libraries that have " + \
+ "consumers will simply be preserved."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+
+ print(" "+green("--emptytree")+" ("+green("-e")+" short option)")
+ desc = "Reinstalls target atoms and their entire deep " + \
+ "dependency tree, as though no packages are currently " + \
+ "installed. You should run this with --pretend " + \
+ "first to make sure the result is what you expect."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--exclude") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms. " + \
+ "Emerge won't install any ebuild or binary package that " + \
+ "matches any of the given package atoms."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--fail-clean") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Clean up temporary files after a build failure. This is " + \
+ "particularly useful if you have PORTAGE_TMPDIR on " + \
+ "tmpfs. If this option is enabled, you probably also want " + \
+ "to enable PORT_LOGDIR (see make.conf(5)) in " + \
+ "order to save the build log."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--fetchonly")+" ("+green("-f")+" short option)")
+ print(" Instead of doing any package building, just perform fetches for")
+ print(" all packages (main package as well as all dependencies.) When")
+ print(" used in combination with --pretend all the SRC_URIs will be")
+ print(" displayed multiple mirrors per line, one line per file.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--fetch-all-uri")+" ("+green("-F")+" short option)")
+ print(" Same as --fetchonly except that all package files, including those")
+ print(" not required to build the package, will be processed.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--getbinpkg") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-g")))
+ print(" Using the server and location defined in PORTAGE_BINHOST, portage")
+ print(" will download the information from each binary file there and it")
+ print(" will use that information to help build the dependency list. This")
+ print(" option implies '-k'. (Use -gK for binary-only merging.)")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--getbinpkgonly") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-G")))
+ print(" This option is identical to -g, as above, except it will not use")
+ print(" ANY information from the local machine. All binaries will be")
+ print(" downloaded from the remote server without consulting packages")
+ print(" existing in the packages directory.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("[JOBS]") + " ("+green("-j")+" short option)")
+ desc = "Specifies the number of packages " + \
+ "to build simultaneously. If this option is " + \
+ "given without an argument, emerge will not " + \
+ "limit the number of jobs that " + \
+ "can run simultaneously. Also see " + \
+ "the related --load-average option. " + \
+ "Note that interactive packages currently force a setting " + \
+ "of --jobs=1. This issue can be temporarily avoided " + \
+ "by specifying --accept-properties=-interactive."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--keep-going") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Continue as much as possible after " + \
+ "an error. When an error occurs, " + \
+ "dependencies are recalculated for " + \
+ "remaining packages and any with " + \
+ "unsatisfied dependencies are " + \
+ "automatically dropped. Also see " + \
+ "the related --skipfirst option."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--load-average") + " " + turquoise("LOAD"))
+ desc = "Specifies that no new builds should " + \
+ "be started if there are other builds " + \
+ "running and the load average is at " + \
+ "least LOAD (a floating-point number). " + \
+ "This option is recommended for use " + \
+ "in combination with --jobs in " + \
+ "order to avoid excess load. See " + \
+ "make(1) for information about " + \
+ "analogous options that should be " + \
+ "configured via MAKEOPTS in " + \
+ "make.conf(5)."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--misspell-suggestions") + " < %s | %s >" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Enable or disable misspell suggestions. By default, " + \
+ "emerge will show a list of packages with similar names " + \
+ "when a package doesn't exist. The EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS " + \
+ "variable may be used to disable this option by default"
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--newuse")+" ("+green("-N")+" short option)")
+ desc = "Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE " + \
+ "flags have changed since compilation. This option " + \
+ "also implies the --selective option. If you would " + \
+ "like to skip rebuilds for which disabled flags have " + \
+ "been added to or removed from IUSE, see the related " + \
+ "--reinstall=changed-use option."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--noconfmem"))
+ print(" Portage keeps track of files that have been placed into")
+ print(" CONFIG_PROTECT directories, and normally it will not merge the")
+ print(" same file more than once, as that would become annoying. This")
+ print(" can lead to problems when the user wants the file in the case")
+ print(" of accidental deletion. With this option, files will always be")
+ print(" merged to the live fs instead of silently dropped.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--nodeps")+" ("+green("-O")+" short option)")
+ print(" Merge specified packages, but don't merge any dependencies.")
+ print(" Note that the build may fail if deps aren't satisfied.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--noreplace")+" ("+green("-n")+" short option)")
+ print(" Skip the packages specified on the command-line that have")
+ print(" already been installed. Without this option, any packages,")
+ print(" ebuilds, or deps you specify on the command-line *will* cause")
+ print(" Portage to remerge the package, even if it is already installed.")
+ print(" Note that Portage won't remerge dependencies by default.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--nospinner"))
+ print(" Disables the spinner regardless of terminal type.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--usepkg-exclude") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms." + \
+ " Emerge will ignore matching binary packages."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuild-exclude") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms." + \
+ " Emerge will not rebuild matching packages due to --rebuild."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuild-ignore") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms." + \
+ " Emerge will not rebuild packages that depend on matching " + \
+ " packages due to --rebuild."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--oneshot")+" ("+green("-1")+" short option)")
+ print(" Emerge as normal, but don't add packages to the world profile.")
+ print(" This package will only be updated if it is depended upon by")
+ print(" another package.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--onlydeps")+" ("+green("-o")+" short option)")
+ print(" Only merge (or pretend to merge) the dependencies of the")
+ print(" specified packages, not the packages themselves.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--package-moves") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Perform package moves when necessary. This option " + \
+ "is enabled by default. WARNING: This option " + \
+ "should remain enabled under normal circumstances. " + \
+ "Do not disable it unless you know what you are " + \
+ "doing."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--pretend")+" ("+green("-p")+" short option)")
+ print(" Instead of actually performing the merge, simply display what")
+ print(" ebuilds and tbz2s *would* have been installed if --pretend")
+ print(" weren't used. Using --pretend is strongly recommended before")
+ print(" installing an unfamiliar package. In the printout, N = new,")
+ print(" U = updating, R = replacing, F = fetch restricted, B = blocked")
+ print(" by an already installed package, D = possible downgrading,")
+ print(" S = slotted install. --verbose causes affecting use flags to be")
+ print(" printed out accompanied by a '+' for enabled and a '-' for")
+ print(" disabled USE flags.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--quiet") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-q")))
+ print(" Effects vary, but the general outcome is a reduced or condensed")
+ print(" output from portage's displays.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--quiet-build") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ]" % (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Redirect all build output to logs alone, and do not " + \
+ "display it on stdout."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--quiet-unmerge-warn"))
+ desc = "Disable the warning message that's shown prior to " + \
+ "--unmerge actions. This option is intended " + \
+ "to be set in the make.conf(5) " + \
+ "EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variable."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuild-if-new-rev") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Rebuild packages when dependencies that are " + \
+ "used at both build-time and run-time are built, " + \
+ "if the dependency is not already installed with the " + \
+ "same version and revision."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuild-if-new-ver") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Rebuild packages when dependencies that are " + \
+ "used at both build-time and run-time are built, " + \
+ "if the dependency is not already installed with the " + \
+ "same version. Revision numbers are ignored."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuild-if-unbuilt") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Rebuild packages when dependencies that are " + \
+ "used at both build-time and run-time are built."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--rebuilt-binaries") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Replace installed packages with binary packages that have " + \
+ "been rebuilt. Rebuilds are detected by comparison of " + \
+ "BUILD_TIME package metadata. This option is enabled " + \
+ "automatically when using binary packages " + \
+ "(--usepkgonly or --getbinpkgonly) together with " + \
+ "--update and --deep."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--rebuilt-binaries-timestamp") + "=%s" % turquoise("TIMESTAMP"))
+ desc = "This option modifies emerge's behaviour only if " + \
+ "--rebuilt-binaries is given. Only binaries that " + \
+ "have a BUILD_TIME that is larger than the given TIMESTAMP " + \
+ "and that is larger than that of the installed package will " + \
+ "be considered by the rebuilt-binaries logic."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--reinstall ") + turquoise("changed-use"))
+ print(" Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have")
+ print(" changed since installation. Unlike --newuse, this option does")
+ print(" not trigger reinstallation when flags that the user has not")
+ print(" enabled are added or removed.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--reinstall-atoms") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms. " + \
+ "Emerge will treat matching packages as if they are not " + \
+ "installed, and reinstall them if necessary."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--root=DIR"))
+ desc = "Set the ROOT environment variable " + \
+ "which is documented in the emerge(1) man page."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--root-deps[=rdeps]"))
+ desc = "If no argument is given then build-time dependencies of packages for " + \
+ "ROOT are installed to " + \
+ "ROOT instead of /. If the rdeps argument is given then discard " + \
+ "all build-time dependencies of packages for ROOT. This option is " + \
+ "only meaningful when used together with ROOT and it should not " + \
+ "be enabled under normal circumstances. For currently supported " + \
+ "EAPI values, the build-time dependencies are specified in the " + \
+ "DEPEND variable. However, behavior may change for new " + \
+ "EAPIs when related extensions are added in the future."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--select") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Add specified packages to the world set (inverse of " + \
+ "--oneshot). This is useful if you want to " + \
+ "use EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS to make " + \
+ "--oneshot behavior default."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--selective") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "This identical to the --noreplace option. " + \
+ "Some options, such as --update, imply --selective. " + \
+ "Use --selective=n if you want to forcefully disable " + \
+ "--selective, regardless of options like --update."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--skipfirst"))
+ desc = "This option is only valid when " + \
+ "used with --resume. It removes the " + \
+ "first package in the resume list. " + \
+ "Dependencies are recalculated for " + \
+ "remaining packages and any that " + \
+ "have unsatisfied dependencies or are " + \
+ "masked will be automatically dropped. " + \
+ "Also see the related " + \
+ "--keep-going option."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--tree")+" ("+green("-t")+" short option)")
+ print(" Shows the dependency tree using indentation for dependencies.")
+ print(" The packages are also listed in reverse merge order so that")
+ print(" a package's dependencies follow the package. Only really useful")
+ print(" in combination with --emptytree, --update or --deep.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--unordered-display"))
+ desc = "By default the displayed merge list is sorted using the " + \
+ "order in which the packages will be merged. When " + \
+ "--tree is used together with this option, this " + \
+ "constraint is removed, hopefully leading to a more " + \
+ "readable dependency tree."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--update")+" ("+green("-u")+" short option)")
+ desc = "Updates packages to the best version available, which may " + \
+ "not always be the highest version number due to masking " + \
+ "for testing and development. Package atoms specified on " + \
+ "the command line are greedy, meaning that unspecific " + \
+ "atoms may match multiple versions of slotted packages."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--use-ebuild-visibility") + " [ %s | %s ]" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n")))
+ desc = "Use unbuilt ebuild metadata for visibility " + \
+ "checks on built packages."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--useoldpkg-atoms") + " " + turquoise("ATOMS"))
+ desc = "A space separated list of package names or slot atoms." + \
+ " Emerge will prefer matching binary packages over newer" + \
+ " unbuilt packages."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print(desc_indent + line)
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--usepkg") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-k")))
+ print(" Tell emerge to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) if they are")
+ print(" available, thus possibly avoiding some time-consuming compiles.")
+ print(" This option is useful for CD installs; you can export")
+ print(" PKGDIR=/mnt/cdrom/packages and then use this option to have")
+ print(" emerge \"pull\" binary packages from the CD in order to satisfy")
+ print(" dependencies.")
+ print()
+ print(" " + green("--usepkgonly") + \
+ " [ %s | %s ] (%s short option)" % \
+ (turquoise("y"), turquoise("n"), green("-K")))
+ print(" Like --usepkg above, except this only allows the use of binary")
+ print(" packages, and it will abort the emerge if the package is not")
+ print(" available at the time of dependency calculation.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--verbose")+" ("+green("-v")+" short option)")
+ print(" Effects vary, but the general outcome is an increased or expanded")
+ print(" display of content in portage's displays.")
+ print()
+ print(" "+green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >")
+ print(" In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies that")
+ print(" are not strictly required. This defaults to 'n' for installation")
+ print(" actions and 'y' for the --depclean action. This setting can be")
+ print(" added to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS (see make.conf(5)) and later")
+ print(" overridden via the command line.")
+ print()