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  • Expanded variables in EBUILDs: /var/db/repos/gentoo/metadata/md5-cache/
    • Update repository md5-cache: sudo egencache --update --repo gentoo
  • Installed packages and the USE flags used: /var/db/pkg
  • Profile use flags: /etc/portage/make.profile
  • To get system-wide use flags: portageq envvar USE, slower and with extra clutter: emerge --info
  • example package constraint:
    • >=xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.12:=[gtk3(+)]
    • >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3[introspection?,X]

TODO:

  • Finish use_database
  • Read /var/db/pkg for installed packages
    • to see change of use flags and mark ebuilds that have flag change
    • mark which version is installed
  • Read world set of user installed packages
  • Read system set: compare with world to understand better

Dependencies to satisfy per phase

(Interpreted from the PMS)

Phase function Satisfied dependency classes
Prepare, compile and create an image, aka all the src_* functions DEPEND, BDEPEND
Interaction with the live filesystem: install or uninstall RDEPEND, IDEPEND
pkg_config, after install RDEPEND, PDEPEND

The call order for installing a package is:

  • Prepare, compile and create an image:
    1. pkg_setup
    2. src_unpack
    3. src_prepare
    4. src_configure
    5. src_compile
    6. src_test (except if RESTRICT=test or disabled by user)
    7. src_install
  • Interaction with the live filesystem: install
    1. pkg_preinst : can touch stuff under ${ROOT} (which usually points to /)
    2. [ ... emerge performs the install ... ]
    3. pkg_postinst : can touch stuff under ${ROOT} (which usually points to /)

The call order for uninstalling a package is:

  1. pkg_prerm
  2. [ ... emerge performs the uninstall ... ]
  3. pkg_postrm

The call order for upgrading, downgrading or reinstalling a package is:

  • Prepare, compile and create an image:
    1. pkg_setup
    2. src_unpack
    3. src_prepare
    4. src_configure
    5. src_compile
    6. src_test (except if RESTRICT=test or disabled by user)
    7. src_install
  • Interaction with the live filesystem: uninstall old then install new
    1. pkg_preinst
    2. pkg_prerm for the package that will be replaced
    3. [ ... emerge uninstalls old package ... ]
    4. pkg_postrm for the package that will be replaced
    5. [ ... emerge install new package ... ]
    6. pkg_postinst for the replacing package

For installing binary packages, the src phases are not called.

When building binary packages that are not to be installed locally, the pkg_preinst and pkg_postinst functions are not called.